Eonycteris major
Andersen, 1910
Greater Dawn Bat
Taxonomy
Subclass | : Theria |
Infraclass | : Placentalia |
Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
Superorder | : Laurasiatheria |
Order | : Chiroptera |
Suborder | : Pteropodiformes |
Superfamily | : Pteropodoidea |
Family | : Pteropodidae |
Subfamily | : Rousettinae |
Tribe | : Eonycterini |
Genus | : Eonycteris |
Species status
Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005
Authority citation
Andersen, K.C. 1910-12-01. Ten new fruit-bats of the genera Nyctimene, Cynopterus, and Eonycteris. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8)6(36):621-625.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18619866Original name as described
Eonycteris major
Type material
BMNH:Mamm:1908.1.27.28
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/b9dbb2a5-99cb-45ed-af62-fec9305adb45Type locality
"Mt. Dulit, N. Borneo [Sarawak, Malaysia], 2000' [= 610 m]."
Biogeographic realm
Indomalaya
Country distribution
Indonesia · Malaysia · Brunei
IUCN Red List status
Near Threatened
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