Pteropus mahaganus

Sanborn, 1931

Sanborn'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

Sanborn, C.C. 1931-02-12. Bats from Polynesia, Melanesia, and Malaysia. Field Museum of Natural History, Zoological Series 18(2):5-29.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2750522

Original name as described

Pteropus mahaganus

Other common names

Lesser Flying Fox

Type material

FMNH:Mamm:31563

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/fmnh/mammals?id=a1ff7198-4d25-44f0-85b8-1b541a43791e

Type locality

"Tunnibuli, Ysabel or Mahaga Island, East Central Solomon Islands."

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Papua New Guinea · Solomon Islands

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004474

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 mahaganus

Sanborn, 1931

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

mahaganus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

FMNH:Mamm:31563

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/fmnh/mammals?id=a1ff7198-4d25-44f0-85b8-1b541a43791e

Authority page

19

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2750522

Authority publication

Field Museum of Natural History, Zoological Series

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 #18736) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #18736) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:138) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004474) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/18736/22082180) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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