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

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004508

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 macmillani

Tate, 1942

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

macmillani

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-135817

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-135817

Authority page

1

Authority publication

American Museum Novitates

Name usages

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

Pteropus germaini

Dobson, 1879

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

germaini

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

874

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28519582

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

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

Pteropus Vetula

Jouan, 1863

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

vetulus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

untraced (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

90

Authority publication

Mémoires de la Société Impériale des Sciences Naturelles de Cherbourg

Name usages

  1. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:149) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  2. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/18767/22089080) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Pteropus vetulus

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

vetulus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

38

Authority publication

London

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 #18767) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #18767) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004508) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

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