Pteropus ualanus

W. C. H. Peters, 1883

Kosrae 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. 1883. Über die von Herrn Dr. Finsch von den Carolinen-Inseln eingesandten Flederhunde. Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 1883:1-2.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8789293

Original name as described

Pteropus ualanus

Other common names

Ualan Fruit Bat

Type material

AM B.4456, RMNH.MAM.21688.a, RMNH.MAM.21688.b, ZMB 5788a, ZMB 5788b, ZMB 5788c, ZMB 5788d, ZMB 5792a, ZMB 5792b, ZMB 5788, ZMB 5789, ZMB 5791, ZMB 5798, ZMB 5808, ZMB 5809, ZMB 86715

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.21688.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.21688.b

Type locality

"Insel Kuschai (Oualan) [= Kosrae Island]," Federated States of Micronesia.

Biogeographic realm

Oceania (Biorealm)

Country distribution

Micronesia

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004506

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 ualanus

W. C. H. Peters, 1883

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

ualanus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AM B.4456, RMNH.MAM.21688.a, RMNH.MAM.21688.b, ZMB 5788a, ZMB 5788b, ZMB 5788c, ZMB 5788d, ZMB 5792a, ZMB 5792b, ZMB 5788, ZMB 5789, ZMB 5791, ZMB 5798, ZMB 5808, ZMB 5809, ZMB 86715

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.21688.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.21688.b

Authority page

1

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8789293

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:38) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #136531) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #136531) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:147) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004506) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136531/21979719) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Pteropus ualensis

Finsch, 1881

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

ualensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

107

Authority publication

Ibis

Name usages

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

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