Pteropus intermedius

Andersen, 1908

Andersen's Flying Fox

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Chiroptera
Suborder : Pteropodiformes
Superfamily : Pteropodoidea
Family : Pteropodidae
Subfamily : Pteropodinae
Tribe : Pteropodini
Genus : Pteropus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Andersen, K.C. 1908-10-01. Twenty new forms of Pteropus. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8)2(10):361-370.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22071137

Original name as described

Pteropus intermedius

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1885.8.1.101

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/17d2fa22-ce8a-4f4e-8f49-af553de747c8

Type locality

near Moumein, Amherst, S Burma.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Myanmar

Taxonomy notes

sometimes included under P. vampyrus or P. medius, but the species is tentatively recognized as distinct here and restricted to the type locality in Myanmar

Taxonomy notes citation

Wilson, D. E. & Mittermeier, R. A. (2019). Handbook of the Mammals of the World. 9. Bats. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. · Soisook, P. & Tsang, S.M. 2020. Pteropus intermedius. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T136841A22042098. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T136841A22042098.en. Accessed on 21 March 2023.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006732

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.

Pteropus intermedius

Andersen, 1908

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

intermedius

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1885.8.1.101

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/17d2fa22-ce8a-4f4e-8f49-af553de747c8

Authority page

368

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22071137

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:37) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006732) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  4. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136841/22042098) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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