Pteropus speciosus

Andersen, 1908

Philippine Gray 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

Andersen, K.C. 1908-10-01. Twenty new forms of Pteropus. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8)2(10):361-370.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22071133

Original name as described

Pteropus speciosus

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1890.2.20.4

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/2f9561dc-08d5-4498-9407-2f5d598cc7ce https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/bb33fc69-2b6d-4f2e-af78-0220951719ef

Type locality

"Malanipa Island, off [west coast of] Zamboanga," Philippines.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Philippines · Indonesia

Taxonomy notes

likely includes the name mearnsi, which may also be a synonym of P. hypomelanus

Taxonomy notes citation

Almeida, F.C., Giannini, N.P., Simmons, N.B., Helgen, K.M. 2014. Each flying fox on its own branch: a phylogenetic tree for Pteropus and related genera (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae). Molecular Phlyogenetics and Evolution 77: 83-95.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004500

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 speciosus

Andersen, 1908

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

speciosus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1890.2.20.4

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/2f9561dc-08d5-4498-9407-2f5d598cc7ce https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/bb33fc69-2b6d-4f2e-af78-0220951719ef

Authority page

364

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22071133

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

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 #18760) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #18760) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:142) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004500) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/18760/22087948) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Pteropus mearnsi

Hollister, 1913

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

mearnsi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:144739

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3274eb970-4823-4fb8-97b9-738376da2113

Authority page

112

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3337925

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:37) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:122, 123) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

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