Rousettus amplexicaudatus

(É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1810)

Geoffroy's Rousette

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, É. 1810. Description des roussettes et des céphalotes, deux nouveaux genres de la famille des chauve-souris. Annales du Muséum d'histoire naturelle 15:86-108.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3546703

Original name as described

Pteropus amplexicaudatus

Other common names

Common Rousette

Type material

MNHN A. 79

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"L'île de Timor [= Timor Island]," Lesser Sunda Islands.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya · Australasia

Country distribution

Myanmar · China · Laos · Vietnam · Cambodia · Thailand · Malaysia · Singapore? · Indonesia · Brunei · Philippines · East Timor · Papua New Guinea · Solomon Islands

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004540

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.

Eleutherura philippinensis

(J. E. Gray, 1871)

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

philippinensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1858.3.29.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/e25d41ce-7d25-416b-a49a-e4e73ccb58d4

Authority page

119

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9994636

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

Name usages

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

Eleutherura infumata

(J. E. Gray, 1871)

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

infumatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1863.12.26.12

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/33029dc1-0ba5-44b0-9141-80f67a643696

Authority page

118

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9994635

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

Cynonycteris brachyotis

(Dobson, 1877)

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

brachyotis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1877.7.18.3

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/c130eccf-a27c-4c27-8fdb-5c62a7e30263

Authority page

116

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28510684

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Cynonycteris minor

(Dobson, 1873)

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

minor

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

lost (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

203

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35546104

Authority publication

Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal

Cynonycteris bocagei

(de Seabra, 1898)

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

bocagei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MBL 2634

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

160-161

Authority publication

Jornal de sciencias mathematicas, physicas e naturaes

Name usages

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

Pteropus amplexicaudatus

(É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1810)

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

amplexicaudatus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN A. 79

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

96

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3546703

Authority publication

Annales du Muséum d'histoire naturelle

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1827:112, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207580) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  2. Lesson (1842:14) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Rousettus stresemanni

G. Stein, 1933

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

stresemanni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB 44528

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

91

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45342794

Authority publication

Zeitschrift für Säugetierkunde

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:36) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Rousettus amplexicaudatus hedigeri

Pohle, 1953

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

hedigeri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB 89570

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

127

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45434004

Authority publication

Zeitschrift für Säugetierkunde

Name usages

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

Rousettus amplexicaudatus

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

amplexicaudatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

35

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:35) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:126) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  4. Smith & Xie (2008:333) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #19754) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #19754) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:85) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004540) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/19754/22001514) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Rousettus amplexicaudatus amplexicaudatus

Simmons, 2005

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

amplexicaudatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:85) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Rousettus amplexicaudatus brachyotis

Simmons, 2005

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

brachyotis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:85) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Rousettus amplexicaudatus infumatus

Simmons, 2005

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

infumatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:85) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Rousettus amplexicaudatus minor

Simmons, 2005

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

minor

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Xantharpyia amplexicaudata

(E. Blyth, 1863)

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

amplexicaudata

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

21

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534719

Authority publication

Calcutta

Name usages

Blyth (1863:21, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534719) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37155)

Cynopterus (Cynonycteris) minor

(Trouessart, 1878)

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

minor

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

206

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33975489

Authority publication

Revue et Magasin de Zoologie pure et appliquée

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