Hypsignathus monstrosus

H. Allen, 1861

Hammer-headed Fruit Bat

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Chiroptera
Suborder : Pteropodiformes
Superfamily : Pteropodoidea
Family : Pteropodidae
Subfamily : Rousettinae
Tribe : Epomophorini
Genus : Hypsignathus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Allen, H. 1861-12-28. Descriptions of new pteropine bats from Africa. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 13(11-17):155-160.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1683286

Original name as described

Hypsignathus monstrosus

Type material

ANSP 969/2771

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Western Africa."

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Guinea-Bissau · Guinea · Sierra Leone · Liberia · Cote d'Ivoire · Burkina Faso · Ghana · Togo · Benin · Nigeria · Cameroon · Central African Republic · Equatorial Guinea · Gabon · Republic of the Congo · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Angola · Uganda · Kenya · South Sudan · Ethiopia

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004529

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.

Hypsignathus monstrosus

H. Allen, 1861

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

monstrosus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ANSP 969/2771

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

157

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1683286

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia

Name usages

  1. Murray (1866:345, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580341) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
  2. Gray (1871:124, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9994641) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/21655)
  3. Rochebrune (1883:90, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26187543) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/43667)
  4. Roberts (1913:65, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50439523) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17656)
  5. Kershaw (1923:356, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32989858) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17116)
  6. Allen & Coolidge (1930:574, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/61248248) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68614)
  7. Hayman (1963:95) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68592)
  8. Eisentraut (1963:69) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68788)
  9. Corbet & Hill (1980:39) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  10. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:116) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  11. Corbet & Hill (1991:44) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  12. Koopman (1993:142) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69007)
  13. Koopman (1994:30) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
  14. Yalden, Largen, Kock & Hillman (1996:81) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36072)
  15. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  16. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:385) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  17. Happold & Happold (2013:260) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)
  18. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #10734) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  19. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #10734) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  20. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:94) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  21. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004529) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  22. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/10734/115098825) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Sphyrocephalus labrosus

(A. Murray, 1862)

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

labrosus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1862.1.23.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/276c84a6-95bd-4c72-a1d5-d6d9ec6e0fa1 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/37037e0b-abd9-418c-9354-1ad88319f4bd

Authority page

8

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31577024

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

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

Epomophorus macrocephalus

(W. C. H. Peters, 1876)

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

macrocephalus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

misidentification

Authority page

474

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35329851

Authority publication

Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin

Name usages

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

Hypsignatus monstruosus

Rivière, 1886

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

monstruosus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

15

Authority page URI

https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k215107z/f18.item

Authority publication

Revue scientifique

Name usages

Rivière (1886:15, https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k215107z/f18.item) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68746)

Epomophorus monstrosus

(de Seabra, 1898)

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

monstrosus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

165

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3416435

Authority publication

Jornal de sciencias mathematicas, physicas e naturaes

Name usages

Seabra (1898:165, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3416435) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68459)

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