Pteropus melanopogon

W. C. H. Peters, 1867

Black-bearded 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

Peters, W.C.H. 1867. Über die Fiederhunde, Pteropi, und insbesondere über die Arten der Gattung Pteropus s. s. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1867:319-333.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36510593

Original name as described

Pteropus melanopogon

Type material

ZMB 2627

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Amboina [= Ambon Island]," Maluku Islands, Indonesia.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Indonesia

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004477

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 melanopogon

W. C. H. Peters, 1867

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

melanopogon

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB 2627

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

330

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36510593

Authority publication

Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:37) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:123) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #18739) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #18739) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:161) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004477) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/18739/22082983) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Pteropus phaiops

Temminck, 1837

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

phaiops

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

misidentification

Authority page

65

Authority publication

Leiden

Name usages

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

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