Pteropus rennelli

Troughton, 1929

Rennell 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

Troughton, E.L.G. 1929-09-04. A new fruit bat (_Pteropus rayneri_ group) from the Solomons. Records of the Australian Museum 17(4):193-198.

Authority publication link

https://doi.org/10.3853/j.0067-1975.17.1929.761

Original name as described

Pteropus rennelli

Type material

AM M.4217

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Rennell Island, situated about 90 miles [= 145 km] south-westward of San Christoval Island [= San Cristobal Island], Eastern Solomons [= Solomon Islands]."

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Solomon Islands

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004494

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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 rennelli

Troughton, 1929

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

rennelli

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AM M.4217

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

193

Authority publication

Records of the Australian Museum

Name usages

  1. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #136685) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #136685) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:152) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004494) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136685/22038028) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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