Pteropus vetulus

Jouan, 1863

New Caledonia 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

Jouan, H. 1863. Notes sur quelques animaux observés à la Nouvelle-Calédonie, pendant les années 1861 et 1862. Mémoires de la Société Impériale des Sciences Naturelles de Cherbourg 9:89-127.

Original name as described

Pteropus Vetula

Other common names

New Caledonian Flying Fox

Type material

untraced (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

New Caledonia, France.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

New Caledonia

Taxonomy notes

the specific epithet was originally spelt 'vetula' and is a noun in apposition, thus, the name shouldn't change to match the generic gender; however, the spelling 'vetulus' has been used for most of the taxonomic history of this species (with almost no publications using 'vetula') and is considered in prevailing use as a justified emendation here

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

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