Megaloglossus woermanni

Pagenstecher, 1885

Eastern Woermann's Fruit Bat

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Pagenstecher, A. 1885-04-27. Megaloglossus Woermanni nov. gen. et spec. Zoologischer Anzeiger 8(193):245.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9725928

Original name as described

Megaloglossus Woermanni

Other common names

Woermann's Bat · Woermann's Fruit Bat · Woermann's Long-tongued Fruit Bat

Type material

ZMB 54589

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Ssibange farm, Gabon.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Benin · Nigeria · Cameroon · Central African Republic · Equatorial Guinea · Gabon · Republic of the Congo · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Uganda · Angola

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004533

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.

Megaloglossus Woermanni

Pagenstecher, 1885

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

woermanni

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB 54589

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

245

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9725928

Authority publication

Zoologischer Anzeiger

Name usages

  1. Kershaw (1923:357, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32989859) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17116)
  2. Allen & Coolidge (1930:575, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/61248247) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68614)
  3. Hayman (1963:102) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68592)
  4. Eisentraut (1963:75) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68788)
  5. Corbet & Hill (1980:43) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  6. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:117) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  7. Corbet & Hill (1991:48) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  8. Koopman (1993:154) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69007)
  9. Koopman (1994:38) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
  10. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  11. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:388) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  12. Happold & Happold (2013:266) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)
  13. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #12977) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  14. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #12977) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  15. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:91) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  16. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004533) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  17. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/84462869/166504706) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Megaloglossus woermanni prigoginei

Hayman, 1966

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

prigoginei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RMCA 32577

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

26

Authority publication

Annales du Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale

Name usages

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

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