Pteropus aruensis

W. C. H. Peters, 1867

Aru Flying Fox

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Peters, W.C.H. 1867. Über die Fiederhunde, Pteropi, und insbesondere über die Arten der Gattung Pteropus s. s. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1867:319-333.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36510593

Original name as described

Pteropus melanopogon var. A. aruensis

Type material

ZMB 4962

Type kind

lectotype

Type locality

"Aruinseln [= Aru Islands]," Indonesia.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Indonesia

IUCN Red List status

Critically Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004453

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.

Pteropus argentatus

J. E. Gray, 1858

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

argentatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1858.2.20.2

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

107

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32271599

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

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

Pteropus fumigatus

von Rosenberg, 1867

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

fumigatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

31

Authority publication

The Hague

Name usages

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

Pteropus rubiginosus

von Rosenberg, 1867

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

rubiginosus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

31

Authority publication

The Hague

Name usages

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

Pteropus melanopogon var. A. aruensis

W. C. H. Peters, 1867

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

aruensis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB 4962

Type kind

lectotype

Authority page

330

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36510593

Authority publication

Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin

Name usages

  1. Laurie & Hill (1954:35, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49635631) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31868)
  2. Koopman (1994:24) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)

Pteropus aruensis

Simmons, 2005

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

aruensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #136504) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #136504) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:161) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004453) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136504/21974958) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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