Pteropus woodfordi

O. Thomas, 1888

Dwarf 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

Thomas, O. 1888-02-01. Diagnoses of six new mammals from the Solomon Islands. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (6)1(2):155-158.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26195151

Original name as described

Pteropus Woodfordi

Other common names

Least Flying Fox · Least Fruit Bat

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1888.1.5.5

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/22e93163-90d1-4b7e-bf3b-eef355595bf9

Type locality

"Aola, Guadalcanar [= Guadalcanal Island] … Solomon Islands."

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Solomon Islands

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004510

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 Woodfordi

O. Thomas, 1888

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

woodfordi

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1888.1.5.5

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/22e93163-90d1-4b7e-bf3b-eef355595bf9

Authority page

156

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26195151

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

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 #18769) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #18769) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:138) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004510) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/18769/22089578) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Pteropus austini

B. Lawrence, 1945

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

austini

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MCZ:Mamm:42166

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Mamm:42166

Authority page

59

Authority publication

Proceedings of the New England Zoological Club

Name usages

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

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