Scotonycteris zenkeri

Matschie, 1894

Zenker's Fruit Bat

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Matschie, P. 1894. Derselbe legte hierauf neue Säugethiere aus den Sammlungen der Herren Zenker, Neumann, Stuhlmann und Emin vor. Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 1894:194-206.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43581312

Original name as described

Scotonycteris zenkeri

Type material

ZMB 66533

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Yaunde [= Yaoundé] Station," Centre Region, Cameroon.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Nigeria · Cameroon · Equatorial Guinea

Taxonomy notes

previously included S. occidentalis

Taxonomy notes citation

Hassanin, A., Khouider, S., Gembu, G. C., Goodman, S. M., Kadjo, B., Nesi, N., ... & Bonillo, C. (2015). The comparative phylogeography of fruit bats of the tribe Scotonycterini (Chiroptera, Pteropodidae) reveals cryptic species diversity related to African Pleistocene forest refugia. Comptes Rendus Biologies, 338(3), 197-211.

IUCN Red List status

Near Threatened

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004552

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.

Scotonycteris bedfordi

O. Thomas, 1904

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

bedfordi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1904.7.1.28

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/06f59e37-3aff-4346-b88c-874ffdb0f781

Authority page

14

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31887643

Authority publication

Abstracts of the Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Scotonycteris zenkeri

Matschie, 1894

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

zenkeri

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB 66533

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

202

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43581312

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:40) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:126, 127) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  4. Happold & Happold (2013:297) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #20060) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #20060) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:81) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004552) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/84464403/192236400) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Scotonycteris zenkeri bedfordi

Simmons, 2005

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

bedfordi

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 (2019:81) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Scotonycteris zenkeri zenkeri

Simmons, 2005

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

zenkeri

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 (2019:81) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

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