Pteropus howensis

Troughton, 1931

Ontong Java 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

Troughton, E.L.G. 1931. Three new bats of the genera Pteropus, Nyctimene, and Chaerephon from Melanesia. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 56:204-209.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34927811

Original name as described

Pteropus howensis

Type material

AM M.4408

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Ontong Java, Lord Howe's Group [= Ontong Java Atoll], Solomon Islands.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Solomon Islands

IUCN Red List status

Critically Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004467

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 howensis

Troughton, 1931

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

howensis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AM M.4408

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

204

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34927811

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:37) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:122) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #18728) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #18728) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:147) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004467) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/18728/22080900) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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