Pteropus nitendiensis

Sanborn, 1930

Temotu 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. 1930-10-16. Two new fruit bats collected by the Whitney South Sea Expedition. American Museum Novitates 435:1-3.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/169668

Original name as described

Pteropus nitendiensis

Other common names

Makira Flying Fox

Type material

AMNH M-75186

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-75186

Type locality

"Santa Cruz or Nitendi [= Nendö, Ndeni, or Ndende] Island, Santa Cruz Islands," Solomon Islands.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Solomon Islands

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004482

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 sanctacrucis

Troughton, 1930

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

sanctacrucis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AM M.4763

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

3

Authority publication

Records of the Australian Museum

Name usages

  1. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:124) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  2. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Pteropus nitendiensis

Sanborn, 1930

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

nitendiensis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-75186

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-75186

Authority page

2

Authority publication

American Museum Novitates

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 #18744) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #18744) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:151) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004482) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/18744/22083923) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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