Pteropus brunneus

Dobson, 1878

Percy Island 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

Extinct
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Dobson, G.E. 1878-06-15. Catalogue of the Chiroptera in the Collection of the British Museum. Taylor and Francis, British Museum Catalogue, 567 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37695103

Original name as described

Pteropus brunneus

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1874.3.16.2

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/2d2cd00e-50c4-4e0b-87e8-6a1a191469d5

Type locality

Percy Is, Queensland, Australia.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Australia

IUCN Red List status

Extinct

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004454

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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 brunneus

Dobson, 1878

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

brunneus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1874.3.16.2

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/2d2cd00e-50c4-4e0b-87e8-6a1a191469d5

Authority page

37

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37695103

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:36) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #18718) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #18718) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004454) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/18718/22078015) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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