Pteropus tuberculatus

W. C. H. Peters, 1869

Vanikoro 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. 1869. Bemerkungen über neue oder weniger bekannte Flederthiere, besonders des Pariser Museums. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1869:393-408.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36276606

Original name as described

Pteropus tuberculatus

Other common names

Samoan Flying Fox

Type material

MNHN-ZM-MO-1996-2125 (= MNHN ? A. 40)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1996-2125

Type locality

type locality not given. Restricted by E. Le G. Troughton in 1927 to "Vanikoro Island, Santa Cruz Group," Solomon Islands.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Solomon Islands

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004505

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 tuberculatus

W. C. H. Peters, 1869

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

tuberculatus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-MO-1996-2125 (= MNHN ? A. 40)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1996-2125

Authority page

393

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36276606

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 (1982:125) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #18765) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #18765) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:151) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004505) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/18765/22088712) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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