Pteropus temminckii

W. C. H. Peters, 1867

Temminck's 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. 1867. Über die Fiederhunde, Pteropi, und insbesondere über die Arten der Gattung Pteropus s. s. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1867:319-333.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36510594

Original name as described

Pteropus Temminckii

Type material

RMNH.MAM.36740.a, RMNH.MAM.36740.b, RMNH.MAM.36743, RMNH.MAM.36795, ZMB 2633, ZMB 3473, ZMB 4964

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.36740.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.36740.b https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.36743 https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.36795

Type locality

"Samao [= Samoa], Amboina [Island]," Moluccas, Indonesia.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Indonesia

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004502

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 liops

O. Thomas, 1910

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

liops

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1910.3.3.16

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/014b2432-dc56-46dc-a561-ae4a7c83b5b0

Authority page

383

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/63236790

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Pteropus Temminckii

W. C. H. Peters, 1867

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

temminckii

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RMNH.MAM.36740.a, RMNH.MAM.36740.b, RMNH.MAM.36743, RMNH.MAM.36795, ZMB 2633, ZMB 3473, ZMB 4964

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.36740.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.36740.b https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.36743 https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.36795

Authority page

331

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36510594

Authority publication

Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin

Name usages

  1. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #18762) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #18762) (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/1004502) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/18762/22088270) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Pteropus petersi

Matschie, 1899

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

petersi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB 2633, ZMB 3473, ZMB 4964

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

31

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33099091

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

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

Pteropus temminckii liops

Simmons, 2005

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

liops

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Pteropus temminckii temminckii

Simmons, 2005

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

temminckii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Pteropus griseus

Temminck, 1837

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

griseus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

misidentification

Authority page

81

Authority publication

Leiden

Name usages

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

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