Pteropus rufus

É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1803

Malagasy 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

Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, É. 1803. Catalogue des Mammifères du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Privately published, Paris, 272 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.digitale-sammlungen.de/view/bsb10482289?page=51

Original name as described

Pteropus rufus

Other common names

Madagascar Fruit Bat

Type material

untraced (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Madagascar. Restricted by K. Andersen in 1908 to North and Central Madagascar.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Madagascar

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004496

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 rufus princeps

Andersen, 1908

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

princeps

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1891.11.30.10

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/60ad4421-50e3-4c39-a96d-877a8f1b1b4a

Authority page

367

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22071136

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Pteropus phaiops

Temminck, 1825

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

phaiops

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RMNH (number not known)

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

178

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52681324

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1827:110, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207578) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  2. Lesson (1842:13) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  3. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Pteropus rufus

É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1803

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

rufus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

untraced (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

47

Authority page URI

https://www.digitale-sammlungen.de/view/bsb10482289?page=51

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Rafinesque (1817:361) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35234)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:38) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:124) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #18756) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #18756) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:159) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004496) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/18756/22087230) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Pteropus Edwardsii

É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1810

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

edwardsii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

untraced (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

92

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3546697

Authority publication

Annales du Muséum d'histoire naturelle

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1827:109, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207577) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  2. Lesson (1842:12) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  3. Kelaart (1852:156, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/59278676) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67270)
  4. Kelaart (1852:27, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52257264) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38608)
  5. Blyth (1863:20, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534720) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37155)
  6. Kelaart (1890:316) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60533)

edwardsi

Simmons, 2005

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

edwardsi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

343

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Simmons (2005:343) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Pteropus madagascariensis

Oken, 1816

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

madagascariensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

inconsistently_binominal · nomen_novum

Authority page

936

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/59375683

Authority publication

Jena

Pteropus Edwardii

A. Smith, 1833

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

edwardii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

52

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15968168

Authority publication

South African Quarterly Journal

Pteropus phæops

Oken, 1838

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

phaeops

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

990

Authority publication

book

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