Pteropus ennisae

Flannery & J. P. White, 1991

New Ireland Masked 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

Authority citation

Flannery, T.F. and White, J.P. 1991. Animal translocations. National Geographic Research & Exploration 7(1):96-113.

Original name as described

Pteropus temmincki ennisae

Type material

AM M.20438

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"secondary forest near Madina (2°55'S, 151°23'E), New Ireland," Papua New Guinea.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Papua New Guinea

Taxonomy notes

split from P. capistratus

Taxonomy notes citation

Almeida, F.C., Giannini, N.P., Simmons, N.B., Helgen, K.M. 2014. Each flying fox on its own branch: A phylogenetic tree for Pteropus and related genera (Chiroptera: pteropodidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 77: 83-95.

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004462

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 temmincki ennisae

Flannery & J. P. White, 1991

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

ennisae

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AM M.20438

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

100

Authority publication

National Geographic Research & Exploration

Pteropus capistratus ennisae

Simmons, 2005

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

ennisae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Pteropus ennisae

D. E. Wilson & Mittermeier, 2019

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

ennisae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

149

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

  1. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #400000422) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #400000422) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  3. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:149) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004462) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  5. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/84883915/209887353) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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