Pilonycteris celebensis

(Andersen, 1907)

Sulawesi Fruit Bat

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Andersen, K.C. 1907-06-01. On Pterocyon, Rousettus and Myonycteris. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7)19(114):501-515.

Original name as described

Rousettus celebensis

Other common names

Sulawesi Fruit Bat · Sulawesian Rousette

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1897.1.2.8

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Mt. Masarang, Celebes [= Sulawesi, Indonesia], 3500' [= 1067 m]."

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Indonesia

Taxonomy notes

moved from Rousettus to the recently described Pilonycteris

Taxonomy notes citation

Nesi, N., Tsagkogeorga, G., Tsang, S. M., Nicolas, V., Lalis, A., Scanlon, A. T., ... & Rossiter, S. J. (2021). Interrogating Phylogenetic Discordance Resolves Deep Splits in the Rapid Radiation of Old World Fruit Bats (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae). Systematic Biology.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

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