Pteropus tonganus

Quoy & Gaimard, 1830

Pacific 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

in D. D'Urville, Voy. "Astrolabe", Zool. i: 74.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2064130

Original name as described

Pteropus tonganus

Other common names

Insular Flying Fox · Tongan Flying Fox

Type material

MNHN-ZM-MO-1996-2121, MNHN ? A. 54 (= MNHN ? 754), MNHN ? A. 55 (= MNHN ? 775), MNHN ? A. 56 (= MNHN ? 755 B)

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1996-2121

Type locality

Tongatapu Island, Kingdom of Tonga.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia · Oceania (Biorealm)

Country distribution

Papua New Guinea · Solomon Islands · Vanuatu · New Caledonia · Fiji · Wallis and Futuna · Samoa · American Samoa · Tonga · Niue · Cook Islands

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004504

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 tonganus heffernani

Troughton, 1930

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

heffernani

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AM M.4646

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

3

Authority publication

Records of the Australian Museum

Name usages

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

Pteropus geddiei

MacGillivray, 1860

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

geddiei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH (unnumbered)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

7134

Authority publication

The Zoologist

Pteropus flavicollis

J. E. Gray, 1871

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

flavicollis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1855.11.7.8, BMNH:Mamm:1856.7.7.3

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/10701679-3b3f-4431-b4c6-a7c44370c73c https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/96a10700-f617-4208-a4a1-2f870dca7319

Authority page

107

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9994624

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

Name usages

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

Pteropus basiliscus

O. Thomas, 1915

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

basiliscus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1915.2.18.2

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/9243818c-53e3-4a08-98f6-4e47ccfb9997

Authority page

387

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15613113

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Pteropus tonganus

Quoy & Gaimard, 1830

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

tonganus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-MO-1996-2121, MNHN ? A. 54 (= MNHN ? 754), MNHN ? A. 55 (= MNHN ? 775), MNHN ? A. 56 (= MNHN ? 755 B)

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1996-2121

Authority page

74

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2064130

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1842:13) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:38) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:125) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #18764) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #18764) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:146) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004504) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/18764/22088495) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Pteropus tonganus basiliscus

Simmons, 2005

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

basiliscus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:146) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Pteropus tonganus geddiei

Simmons, 2005

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

geddiei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:146) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Pteropus tonganus tonganus

Simmons, 2005

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

tonganus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:146) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Pteropus basilicus

Laurie & J. Edwards Hill, 1954

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

basilicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

34

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49635632

Authority publication

London

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