Pteropus livingstonii

J. E. Gray, 1866

Livingstone's 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

Gray, J.E. 1866-05. A revision of the genera of pteropine bats (Pteropidee), and the descriptions of some apparently undescribed species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1866(1):62-67.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28627502

Original name as described

Pteropus livingstonii

Other common names

Comoro Flying Fox · Livingstone's Fruit Bat

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1863.12.11.2

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/9ef4994a-cd65-4ad9-a996-368dd0e6a8b7

Type locality

"Island of Johanna [= Anjouan Island], Comoro group [= Comoros]."

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Comoros

IUCN Red List status

Critically Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004470

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 livingstonii

J. E. Gray, 1866

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

livingstonii

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1863.12.11.2

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/9ef4994a-cd65-4ad9-a996-368dd0e6a8b7

Authority page

66

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28627502

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #18732) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #18732) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:155) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004470) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/18732/22081502) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Pteropus livingstonei

Andersen, 1912

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

livingstonei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

unjustified_emendation

Authority page

247

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8409692

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

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)

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