Plerotes anchietae

(de Seabra, 1900)

Broad-faced Fruit Bat

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

J. Sci. Math. Phys. Nat. Lisboa, ser. 2, vol. 6, 116

Original name as described

Epomophorus anchietae

Other common names

Anchieta's Broad-faced Fruit Bat · Benguela Fruit Bat · D'Anchieta's Fruit Bat

Type material

CZL 31-59026

Type kind

neotype

Type locality

Galanga, Benguela, Angola.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Angola · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Zambia · Malawi

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004538

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.

Epomophorus anchietae

(de Seabra, 1900)

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

anchietae

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

CZL 31-59026

Type kind

neotype

Authority page

116

Authority publication

Jornal de sciencias mathematicas, physicas e naturaes

Plerotes anchietai

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

anchietai

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

39

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:39) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:120) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)

Plerotes anchietae

Simmons, 2005

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

anchietae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  2. Happold & Happold (2013:281) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #17618) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #17618) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:94) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004538) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/17618/21981114) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Plerotes ancheilae

P. F. Murray & Strickler, 1975

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

ancheilae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

673, 676

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalogy

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