Pteropus rodricensis

Dobson, 1878

Rodrigues 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

Dobson, G.E. 1878-06-15. Catalogue of the Chiroptera in the Collection of the British Museum. Taylor and Francis, British Museum Catalogue, 567 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37695102

Original name as described

Pteropus rodricensis

Other common names

Golden Bat of Rodrigues · Rodrigues Fruit Bat

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1876.3.11.1

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/db03f396-07cf-4a7b-982c-85ce103ce2f6

Type locality

"Island of Rodrigues," Mascarene Islands.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Mauritius

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004495

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 rodricensis

Dobson, 1878

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

rodricensis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1876.3.11.1

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/db03f396-07cf-4a7b-982c-85ce103ce2f6

Authority page

36

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37695102

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:38) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:124) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  4. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:383) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #18755) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #18755) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:158) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004495) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/18755/22087057) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Pteropus mascarinus

G. E. Mason, 1907

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

mascarinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1925.8.10.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/78d7e339-bef5-45d1-9579-883508ca3125

Authority page

221

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24254089

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

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