Pteropus pselaphon

G. T. Lay, 1829

Bonin 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

Lay, G.T. 1829-05. Observations on a species of Pteropus from Bonin. Zoological Journal 4(16):457-459.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2310897

Original name as described

Pteropus pselaphon

Other common names

Bonin Fruit Bat

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1855.12.24.298

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/b61a2493-e30f-4556-9c8b-9160f207c1a9

Type locality

"Island of Bonin [= Ogasawara Islands]," Japan.

Biogeographic realm

Oceania (Biorealm)

Country distribution

Japan

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004491

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 pselaphon

G. T. Lay, 1829

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

pselaphon

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1855.12.24.298

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/b61a2493-e30f-4556-9c8b-9160f207c1a9

Authority page

457

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2310897

Authority publication

Zoological Journal

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1842:13) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  2. Temminck (1843:13, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53607658) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38350)
  3. Corbet & Hill (1980:38) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  4. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:124) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  5. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #18752) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #18752) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:156) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004491) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  10. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/18752/22085351) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Pteropus ursinus

Temminck, 1837

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

ursinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1855.12.24.298

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/b61a2493-e30f-4556-9c8b-9160f207c1a9

Authority page

70 (footnote)

Authority publication

Leiden

Name usages

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

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