Acerodon jubatus

(von Eschscholtz, 1831)

Golden-capped Flying Fox

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Chiroptera
Suborder : Pteropodiformes
Superfamily : Pteropodoidea
Family : Pteropodidae
Subfamily : Pteropodinae
Tribe : Pteropodini
Genus : Acerodon

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Zool. Atlas, vol. Part 4, 1

Original name as described

Pteropus jubatus

Other common names

Golden-capped Fruit Bat · Golden-crowned Flying Fox · Panay Golden-capped Flying Fox

Type locality

"Insel [= Island] Luzon, Manilla," Philippines.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Philippines

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004444

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Acerodon jubatus mindanensis

Andersen, 1909

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

mindanensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1876.10.4.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/d049f44d-582e-49ce-bd2e-becd20f4d6db

Authority page

26

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22071379

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:134) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Pteropus lucifer

(D. G. Elliot, 1896)

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

lucifer

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

FMNH:Mamm:1100

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/fmnh/mammals?id=e55d6135-0368-4777-84b3-3fb540e785ad

Authority page

78

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6682775

Authority publication

Field Columbian Museum, Zoölogical Series

Pteropus auri-nuchalis

(D. G. Elliot, 1896)

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

aurinuchalis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

FMNH:Mamm:1102

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/fmnh/mammals?id=98743ba1-4cc0-49ca-87b5-746217d02117

Authority page

77

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6682774

Authority publication

Field Columbian Museum, Zoölogical Series

Name usages

Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Pteropus pyrrhocephalus

(Meyen, 1833)

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

pyrrhocephalus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB 340, ZMB 341

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

604

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38634624

Authority publication

Nova Acta Physico-Medica Academiae Caesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae Naturae Curiosorum

Name usages

Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Acerodon jubatus

Lesson, 1842

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

jubatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

14

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1842:14) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:39) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:111) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #139) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #139) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:134) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004444) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/139/21988328) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Acerodon lucifer

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

lucifer

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

39

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:39) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:111) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)

Acerodon jubatus jubatus

Simmons, 2005

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

jubatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:134) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Acerodon jubatus lucifer

Simmons, 2005

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

lucifer

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Pteropus jubatus

(von Eschscholtz, 1831)

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

jubatus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

1

Authority publication

book

pteropus pyrrocephalus

(Lesson, 1836)

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

pyrrocephalus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

326 (footnote)

Authority publication

Paris

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