Pteropus melanotus
E. Blyth, 1863
Black-eared 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
Authority citation
Blyth, E. 1863. Catalogue of the Mammalia in the Museum Asiatic Society. Savielle & Cranenburgh, Calcutta, 187 pp.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534720Original name as described
Pteropus melanotus
Other common names
Blyth's Flying Fox · Christmas Island Flying Fox
Type material
ZSI 15643, ZSI 15644
Type kind
syntypes
Type locality
"Nicobar Islands," India.
Biogeographic realm
Indomalaya
Country distribution
Andaman and Nicobar Islands · Indonesia · Christmas Island
Taxonomy notes
tentatively includes natalis, which is occasionally considered a distinct species, although P. melanotus as currently defined is likely a species complex
Taxonomy notes citation
Phalen, D. N., Hall, J., Ganesh, G., Hartigan, A., Smith, C., De Jong, C., ... & Rose, K. (2017). Genetic diversity and phylogeny of the Christmas Island flying fox (Pteropus melanotus natalis). Journal of Mammalogy, 98(2), 428-437.
IUCN Red List status
Vulnerable
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