Pteropus hypomelanus

Temminck, 1853

Island 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

Temminck, C.J. 1853. Esquisses zoologiques sur la côte de Guiné. E. J. Brill, Leiden, 256 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14835808

Original name as described

Pteropus hypomelanus

Other common names

Small Flying Fox · Variable Flying Fox

Type material

RMNH.MAM.33640.a, RMNH.MAM.33640.b

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.33640.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.33640.b

Type locality

"L'île de Ternate [= Ternate Island]," Moluccas, Indonesia.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya · Australasia

Country distribution

Maldives · Andaman and Nicobar Islands · Myanmar · Thailand · Cambodia · Vietnam · Malaysia · Indonesia · Philippines · Papua New Guinea · Solomon Islands

IUCN Red List status

Near Threatened

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004468

Country distribution map

The map below provides a general overview. Most species inhabit only specific regions within countries. Hover over the highlighted regions to see the country name.

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 tricolor

J. E. Gray, 1871

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

tricolor

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1860.8.26.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/0ac47fda-8c25-4734-a9e0-911596c72771

Authority page

108

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9994625

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

Name usages

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

Pteropus hypomelanus annectens

Andersen, 1908

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

annectens

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1894.9.28.25

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/419e15bb-8ecf-45ea-ae34-c2a000e1c1ec https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/90fd6cbb-0a76-49a0-865b-12120f73752f https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/f2692184-d0a7-4d6b-bbbb-bcc773dd1d29

Authority page

361

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22071130

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:143) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Pteropus hypomelanus canus

Andersen, 1908

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

canus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1895.11.8.3

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/1114710c-2577-4f2a-a2c3-8ce761697588

Authority page

361

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22071130

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:143) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Pteropus hypomelanus luteus

Andersen, 1908

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

luteus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1896.11.5.4

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/c9301cce-729e-4adc-bf9d-1ce2a24fb897

Authority page

362

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22071131

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:143) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Pteropus satyrus

Andersen, 1908

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

satyrus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1906.9.1.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/e88ca762-34c5-4132-9822-1061af9e8856

Authority page

362

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22071131

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Pteropus hypomelanus robinsoni

Andersen in O. Thomas & Wroughton, 1909

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

robinsoni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1909.11.1.8

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/b4f3aed2-f426-47e2-83a3-04d9bb67ee05

Authority page

534

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22097915

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Pteropus hypomelanus vulcanius

O. Thomas, 1915

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

vulcanius

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1915.2.18.4

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/7d7968e5-ab7d-44dc-b854-cf8c049e127e

Authority page

388

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15613114

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Pteropus hypomelanus simalurus

O. Thomas, 1923

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

simalurus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1923.10.7.5

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/b42d618f-5b79-481a-b306-43c5ac1a2606

Authority page

592

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:143) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Pteropus hypomelanus fretensis

Kloss, 1916

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

fretensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1926.10.19.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/a47f9a4a-5ec5-46d6-8069-3b55a5f2f471

Authority page

247

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19063686

Authority publication

Journal of the Federated Malay States Museums

Name usages

  1. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:143) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Pteropus hypomelanus

Temminck, 1853

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

hypomelanus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RMNH.MAM.33640.a, RMNH.MAM.33640.b

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.33640.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.33640.b

Authority page

61

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14835808

Authority publication

Leiden

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 #18729) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #18729) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:143) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004468) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/18729/22081642) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Pteropus hypomelanus, var. Tomesii

W. C. H. Peters, 1869

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

tomesii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

untraced (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

626

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35990148

Authority publication

Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin

Name usages

Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:143) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Pteropus lepidus

G. S. Miller, 1900

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

lepidus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:101670

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/315de4611-799d-4b3a-a774-9eadf33f31a0

Authority page

238

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8872268

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Washington Academy of Sciences

Pteropus geminorum

G. S. Miller, 1903

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

geminorum

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:104464

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/38b200558-5dca-4951-995c-996e17f109ac

Authority page

60

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8809986

Authority publication

Smithsonian Collections

Pteropus cagayanus

Mearns, 1905

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

cagayanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:125289

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/31e7ec757-5a52-45e9-be81-05e0635371fb

Authority page

433

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15393049

Authority publication

Proceedings of the United States National Museum

Pteropus enganus

G. S. Miller, 1906

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

enganus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:140966

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/323a9cb56-ee21-4cdd-89a7-f44b676ecdc8

Authority page

822

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15787066

Authority publication

Proceedings of the United States National Museum

Pteropus vociferus

T. R. Peale, 1849

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

vociferus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:3961

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3ef3cfd7f-c86c-4963-ae2c-b8e46354cc9f

Authority page

19

Authority publication

Philadelphia

Pteropus condorensis

W. C. H. Peters, 1869

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

condorensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB 3945

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

393

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36276606

Authority publication

Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin

Pteropus hypomelanus maris

G. M. Allen, 1936

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

maris

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZSI 10932

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

343

Authority publication

Records of the Indian Museum

Name usages

  1. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:143) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Pteropus hypomelanus cagayanus

Simmons, 2005

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

cagayanus

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 (2019:143) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Pteropus hypomelanus condorensis

Simmons, 2005

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

condorensis

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 (2019:143) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Pteropus hypomelanus enganus

Simmons, 2005

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

enganus

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 (2019:143) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Pteropus hypomelanus geminorum

Simmons, 2005

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

geminorum

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 (2019:143) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Pteropus hypomelanus hypomelanus

Simmons, 2005

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

hypomelanus

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 (2019:143) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Pteropus hypomelanus lepidus

Simmons, 2005

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

lepidus

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 (2019:143) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Pteropus hypomelanus macassaricus

Simmons, 2005

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

macassaricus

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 (2019:143) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Pteropus hypomelanus satyrus

Simmons, 2005

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

satyrus

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 (2019:143) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Pteropus hypomelanus tomesi

Simmons, 2005

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

tomesi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

338

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Simmons (2005:338) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Pteropus macassaricus

Heude, 1897

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

macassaricus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

177 (footnote)

Authority publication

Mémoires concernant l'histoire naturelle de l'empire chinois

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