Casinycteris argynnis

O. Thomas, 1910

Short-palated Fruit Bat

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Thomas, O. 1910-07-01. A new genus of fruit-bats and two new shrews from Africa. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8)6(31):111-114.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15628868

Original name as described

Casinycteris argynnis

Other common names

Golden Short-palated Fruit Bat

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1911.5.5.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/d61fa217-a44f-4b7b-a056-4ab90e66364b

Type locality

"Bitye, Ja River, S.E. Kameruns [= Cameroon]. Alt. 2000' [= 610 m]."

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Cameroon · Central African Republic · Republic of the Congo · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Uganda

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004547

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.

Casinycteris argynnis

O. Thomas, 1910

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

argynnis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1911.5.5.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/d61fa217-a44f-4b7b-a056-4ab90e66364b

Authority page

111

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15628868

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:40) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:112) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  4. Happold & Happold (2013:230) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #3999) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #3999) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:82) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004547) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/3999/145600125) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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