Rousettus leschenaultii

(A. G. Desmarest, 1821)

Leschenault'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

Desmarest, A.G. 1821-01-06. Mammalogie ou description des espèces de mammifères. Première partie, contenant les ordres des bimanes, des quadrumanes et des carnassiers. Veuve Agasse, Paris, 555 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39523874

Original name as described

Pteropus Leschenaultii

Other common names

Fulvous Fruit Bat · Shortridge's Rousette

Type material

MNHN-ZM-MO-1996-2127, MNHN ? A. 82, MNHN ? A. 83

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1996-2127

Type locality

Pondicherry, India.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya · Palearctic

Country distribution

Pakistan · India · Nepal · Bhutan · Bangladesh · Sri Lanka · Myanmar · China · Vietnam · Laos · Cambodia · Thailand · Indonesia

IUCN Red List status

Near Threatened

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004542

Country distribution map

The map below provides a general overview. Most species inhabit only specific regions within countries. Hover over the highlighted regions to see the country name.

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.

Pteropus seminudus

(Kelaart, 1850)

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

seminudus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH (unnumbered)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

216

Authority publication

Journal of the Ceylon Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society

Name usages

Kelaart (1890:316) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60533)

Xantharpyia seminuda

(J. E. Gray, 1871)

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

seminudus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Type

BMNH (unnumbered)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

115

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9994632

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

Eleutherura fusca

(J. E. Gray, 1871)

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

fuscus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1849.8.23.10

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/aba9e746-3184-4a8b-bbb8-e44110bd6dbf

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 fuliginosa

(J. E. Gray, 1871)

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

fuliginosus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1862.8.18.5

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/53d40cf1-e283-445f-b441-75d87b785e85

Authority page

118

Authority page URI

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

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

Name usages

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

Rousettus shortridgei

O. Thomas & Wroughton, 1909

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

shortridgei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1909.1.5.67

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/30cc77d8-df56-4a6f-a723-34afb6a843ed

Authority page

19

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31578191

Authority publication

Abstracts of the Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Pteropus pyrivorus

(Hodgson, 1835)

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

pyrivorus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:2003.231

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/3c4fc985-d71f-4196-8573-c0493968112b https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/45065f70-47a9-4872-9340-d3c1a347c2c7 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/c385dca8-5dc5-4434-97dc-377674ee4046

Authority page

700

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37189993

Authority publication

Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal

Name usages

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

Pteropus Leschenaultii

(A. G. Desmarest, 1821)

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

leschenaultii

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-MO-1996-2127, MNHN ? A. 82, MNHN ? A. 83

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1996-2127

Authority page

110

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39523874

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1827:110, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207578) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  2. Lesson (1842:14) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  3. Kelaart (1852:27, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52257264) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38608)
  4. Blyth (1863:21, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534719) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37155)

Cynonycteris infuscata

(W. C. H. Peters, 1873)

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

infuscatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB 361

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

487

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35983620

Authority publication

Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin

Name usages

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

Rousettus leschenaulti

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

leschenaulti

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

36

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:36) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:126) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:381) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)

Rousettus leschenaultii

Simmons, 2005

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

leschenaultii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  2. Smith & Xie (2008:333) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #19756) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #19756) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:86) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004542) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/19756/22001287) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Rousettus leschenaultii leschenaultii

Simmons, 2005

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

leschenaultii

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 (2019:86) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Rousettus leschenaultii seminudus

Simmons, 2005

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

seminudus

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 (2019:86) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Rousettus leschenaultii shortridgei

Simmons, 2005

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

shortridgei

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 (2019:86) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Pteropus pirivarus

(Hodgson, 1841)

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

pirivarus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

908

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39758422

Authority publication

Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal

Name usages

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

Cynopterus affinis

(J. E. Gray, 1843)

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

affinis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

39

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53729636

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

Name usages

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

Cynopterus marginatus

(J. E. Gray, 1843)

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

marginatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

38

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53729633

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

Name usages

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

Pteropus Privorus

(Hodgson, 1844)

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

privorus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

286

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46405521

Authority publication

Calcutta Journal of Natural History

Pteropus taraiyensis

(J. E. Gray, 1863)

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

taraiyensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

notusedas_valid

Authority page

2

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

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