Pteropus scapulatus

W. C. H. Peters, 1862

Little Red 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

Peters, W.C.H. 1862. Hr. W. Peters machte eine Mittheilung über einen neuen Flederhund, _Pteropus scapulatus_, aus Neuholland. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1862:574-577.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36507229

Original name as described

Pteropus scapulatus

Type material

ZMB 2616

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Promontorium York [= Cape York, Queensland], Nova Hollandia [= Australia]."

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Australia

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004498

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 elseyii

J. E. Gray, 1866

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

elseyii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1862.5.2.2

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/ada63c75-413a-4fa2-a015-74d953d529ef

Authority page

67

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28627507

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Pteropus scapulatus

W. C. H. Peters, 1862

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

scapulatus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB 2616

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

574

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36507229

Authority publication

Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin

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. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #18758) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #18758) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:136) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004498) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/18758/22087637) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Pteropus Elseyi

J. E. Gray, 1871

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

elseyi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

108

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9994625

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

Name usages

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

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