Pteropus gilliardi

Van Deusen, 1969

Gilliards' 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

Van Deusen, H.M. 1969-05-12. Results of the 1958-1959 Gilliard New Britain Expedition. 5. A new species of Pteropus (Mammalia, Pteropodidae) from New Britain, Bismarck Archipelago. American Museum Novitates 2371:1-16.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62955682

Original name as described

Pteropus gilliardi

Type material

AMNH M-194292

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-194292

Type locality

"Camp 12 ("summit camp"), Wild Dog Ridge, Whiteman Mountains, New Britain [Island, Papua New Guinea]; elevation about 5200 feet (1600 meters)."

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Papua New Guinea

Taxonomy notes

the name 'gilliardorum' is often used for this species, but this is considered an unjustified emendation of the original spelling, 'gilliardi', which is used here

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004465

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 gilliardi

Van Deusen, 1969

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

gilliardi

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-194292

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-194292

Authority page

5

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62955682

Authority publication

American Museum Novitates

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:37) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:121) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Corbet & Hill (1991:42) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  4. Koopman (1993:147) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69007)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004465) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

P. gailliardi

Koopman, 1994

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

gailliardi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

26

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Koopman (1994:26) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)

Pteropus gilliardorum

Flannery, 1995

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

gilliardorum

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

unjustified_emendation

Authority page

259

Authority publication

Chatswood

Name usages

  1. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #18726) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #18726) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:137) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  5. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/18726/22081235) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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