Rousettus obliviosus

Kock, 1978

Comoro 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

Kock, D. 1978. A new fruit bat of the genus Rousettus Gray 1821, from the Comoro Islands, western Indian Ocean (Mammalia: Chiroptera). Pp. 205–216 in Olembo, R.J., Castelino, J.B. and Mutere, F.A. (eds.). Proceedings of the Fourth International Bat Research Conference. Kenya Literature Bureau, Nairobi.

Original name as described

Rousettus (Rousettus) obliviosus

Other common names

Comoros Rousette

Type material

ZMB 58207

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

near Bomboni, 640 m, Grand Comore, Comoro Islands.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Comoros

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004545

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.

Rousettus (Rousettus) obliviosus

Kock, 1978

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

obliviosus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB 58207

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

208

Authority publication

Nairobi

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:36) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #19757) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #19757) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:88) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004545) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/19757/166527449) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Rousettus obliviousus

Honacki, Kinman, & Koeppl, 1982

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

obliviousus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

126

Authority publication

Lawrence

Name usages

Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:126) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)

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