Pteropus fundatus

Felten & Kock, 1972

Banks 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

Felten, H. and Kock, D. 1972-08-31. Weitere Flughunde der Gattung Pteropus von den Neuen Hebriden, sowie den Banks- und Torres-Inseln, Pazifischer Ozean (Mammalia: Chiroptera). Senckenbergiana biologica 53(3-4):179-188.

Original name as described

Pteropus fundatus

Type material

SMF:MAMM:25570

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Mota Island, Banks Islands, Vanuatu.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Vanuatu

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004464

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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 fundatus

Felten & Kock, 1972

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

fundatus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

SMF:MAMM:25570

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

186

Authority publication

Senckenbergiana biologica

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. Corbet & Hill (1991:41) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  4. Koopman (1993:147) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69007)
  5. Koopman (1994:24) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
  6. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #18724) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #18724) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  9. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:150) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004464) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  11. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/18724/22080348) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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