Pteropus conspicillatus

J. Gould, 1850

Spectacled 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

Gould, J. 1850-06. On new species of Mammalia and birds from Australia. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1849:109-112.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30572540

Original name as described

Pteropus conspicillatus

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1850.7.20.56, BMNH:Mamm:1850.9.6.16

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/61eae57d-d881-4b4f-b0a1-2c0474aee46b https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/93aa741e-a4c6-453f-84b0-87da994d30b0

Type locality

"Fitzroy Island," Queensland, Australia.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Indonesia · Papua New Guinea · Australia

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004459

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 conspicillatus

J. Gould, 1850

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

conspicillatus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1850.7.20.56, BMNH:Mamm:1850.9.6.16

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/61eae57d-d881-4b4f-b0a1-2c0474aee46b https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/93aa741e-a4c6-453f-84b0-87da994d30b0

Authority page

109

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30572540

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:36) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:121) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #18721) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #18721) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:145) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004459) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/18721/22080456) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Pteropus mysolensis

J. E. Gray, 1871

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

mysolensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1861.12.11.1

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/ba312749-a577-41ba-8515-91acfde3da1e

Authority page

105

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9994622

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

Name usages

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

Pteropus chrysauchen

W. C. H. Peters, 1862

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

chrysauchen

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB 2270

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

576 (footnote)

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36507231

Authority publication

Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin

Pteropus conspicillatus chrysauchen

Simmons, 2005

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

chrysauchen

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 (2019:145) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Pteropus conspicillatus conspicillatus

Simmons, 2005

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

conspicillatus

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 (2019:145) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

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