Neopteryx frosti

Hayman, 1946

Small-toothed Fruit Bat

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Hayman, R.W. 1946-07-10. A new genus of fruit-bat and a new squirrel, from Celebes. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (11)12(93):569-578.

Authority publication link

https://doi.org/10.1080/00222934508654763

Original name as described

Neopteryx frosti

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1940.691k

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/3417a1e1-16d9-470d-a908-0ae0041455d3

Type locality

"Tamalanti, West Celebes [= Sulawesi, Indonesia], 3300 ft. [= 1006 m]."

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Indonesia

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004447

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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.

Neopteryx frosti

Hayman, 1946

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

frosti

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1940.691k

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/3417a1e1-16d9-470d-a908-0ae0041455d3

Authority page

571

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:39) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:118) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #14560) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #14560) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:133) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004447) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/14560/115122474) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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