Pteropus alecto

Temminck, 1837

Black Flying Fox

Also as Central Flying Fox.
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Location:Australia, QLD, Cape York peninsulaDate taken:Jun 1, 1997

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 2465

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Temminck, C.J. 1837. Livraison 2. Pp. 49–140 in Temminck, C.J. 1835-1841. Monographies de Mammalogie. Tome second. C. C. van der Hoek, Leiden, 392 pp.

Authority publication link

https://archive.org/details/monographiedema00temmgoog

Original name as described

Pteropus alecto

Other common names

Central Flying Fox

Type material

RMNH.MAM.33643

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"le district de Menado dans l'île Célèbes [= North Sulawesi], " Indonesia.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Indonesia · Papua New Guinea · Australia

Taxonomy notes

includes banakrisi

Taxonomy notes citation

Helgen, K.M. 2004. On the identity of flying-foxes, genus Pteropus (Mammalia: Chiroptera), from islands in the Torres Strait, Australia. Zootaxa 780(1):1-14. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.780.1.1

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004450

Country distribution map

The map below provides a general overview. Most species inhabit only specific regions within countries. Hover over the highlighted regions to see the country name.

Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 16 names and synonyms.

Pteropus alecto

Temminck, 1837

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

alecto

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RMNH.MAM.33643

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

75

Authority publication

Leiden

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1842:13) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  2. Murray (1866:345, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580341) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
  3. Trouessart (1897:82, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40404762) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59283)
  4. Trouessart (1904:50, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422836) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
  5. Miller & Hollister (1921:100, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3332430) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/11432)
  6. Chasen (1940:25) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5889)
  7. Laurie & Hill (1954:37, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49635629) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31868)
  8. Corbet & Hill (1980:36) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  9. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:120) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  10. Koopman (1984:3, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62326867) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/1361)
  11. Bergmans & Rozendaal (1988:18) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/11535)
  12. Corbet & Hill (1991:41) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  13. Koopman (1993:146) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69007)
  14. Koopman (1994:26) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
  15. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  16. Jackson & Groves (2015:238) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34474)
  17. Jackson & Groves (2015:238) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34474)
  18. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #18715) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  19. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #18715) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  20. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:144) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  21. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004450) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  22. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/18715/22080057) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Pteropus aterrimus

Temminck, 1846

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

aterrimus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

333

Authority publication

Leiden

Name usages

  1. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  2. Jackson & Groves (2015:239) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34474)

Pteropus alecton

Temminck, 1853

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

alecton

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

58

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14835805

Authority publication

Leiden

Pteropus Gouldii

W. C. H. Peters, 1868

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

gouldii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB 3408, ZMB 3409

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

703

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36510982

Authority publication

Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin

Name usages

  1. Collett (1887:843, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10356883) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67854)
  2. Trouessart (1897:82, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40404762) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59283)
  3. Seabra (1898:168, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3416644) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68459)
  4. Iredale & Troughton (1934:91, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47102282) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/20087)
  5. Jackson & Groves (2015:239) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34474)

Pteropus gouldi

J. D. Ogilby, 1892

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

gouldi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

79

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/938532

Authority publication

Sydney

Name usages

  1. Ogilby (1892:79, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/938532) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69482)
  2. Collett (1897:319, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30987486) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15202)
  3. Trouessart (1904:51, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422837) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)

Pteropus nicobaricus

Heude, 1897

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

nicobaricus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

misidentification

Authority page

176 (footnote)

Authority publication

Mémoires concernant l'histoire naturelle de l'empire chinois

Name usages

  1. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  2. Jackson & Groves (2015:239) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34474)

Pteropus aterrimus

Matschie, 1899

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

aterrimus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB 2631

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

17

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33099133

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Jackson & Groves (2015:239) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34474)

Pteropus nicobaricus aterrimus

Trouessart, 1904

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

aterrimus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

50

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422836

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Trouessart (1904:50, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422836) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)

Pteropus baveanus

G. S. Miller, 1906

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

baveanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:125482

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/37eec5d0e-4245-480b-afab-a6e98fc7ea3d

Authority page

63

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2348085

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

  1. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  2. Jackson & Groves (2015:239) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34474)

Pteropus morio

Andersen, 1908

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

morio

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1898.11.3.15

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/68ee21a8-f7d3-447d-ae53-4eb73e8611ca

Authority page

369

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22071138

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Jackson & Groves (2015:239) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34474)

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