Dyacopterus spadiceus

(O. Thomas, 1890)

Common Dayak Fruit Bat

Female, Field Cat. No. 920825.5. Also as Dayak Fruit Bat.
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Location:Malaysia, Pahang, Kuala Lompat, Krau Wildlife ReserveDate taken:1 January 1992Description:Female, Field Cat. No. 920825.5. Also as Dayak Fruit Bat.

Distribution :

NW Borneo including Bunei, Luzon and Mindanao (Philippines), Malaya, possibly S Thailand

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 1422

Taxonomy

Subclass: Theria
Infraclass: Placentalia
Magnorder: Boreoeutheria
Superorder: Laurasiatheria
Order: Chiroptera
Suborder: Yinpterochiroptera
Superfamily: Pteropodoidea
Family: Pteropodidae
Subfamily: Cynopterinae
Tribe: Balionycterini
Genus: Dyacopterus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Thomas, O. 1890-03-01. Diagnosis of a new Cynopterus from Borneo. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (6)5(27):235-236.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27523837

Original name as described

Cynopterus spadiceus

Other common names

Dayak Fruit Bat

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1890.1.28.4

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/9f358bc7-98e9-4889-9cac-9d0ef90e2c8b

Type locality

"Baram [Sarawak], N.W. Borneo, " Malaysia.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Brunei · Indonesia · Malaysia · Thailand

IUCN Red List status

Near Threatened

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004366

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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.

Total: 3 names and synonyms.

Cynopterus spadiceus

O. Thomas, 1890

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

spadiceus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1890.1.28.4

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Baram, N.W. Borneo.

Type locality

Malaysia: Sarawak.

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/9f358bc7-98e9-4889-9cac-9d0ef90e2c8b

Authority page

235

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27523837

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Dyacopterus spadiceus:

Chasen, 1940

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

spadiceus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

27

Authority publication

Bulletin of Raffles Museum

Name usages

Chasen (1940:27) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5889)
Hill (1961:636) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16221)
Davis (1962:34) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16694)
Medway (1965:48) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34580)
Corbet & Hill (1980:41) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:114) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Corbet & Hill (1991:46) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Koopman (1993:140) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69007)
Koopman (1994:34) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
Kofron (2002:265) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/2188)
Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #6931) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #6931) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:71) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004366) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/6931/22029918) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Dyacopterus spadiceus spadiceus:

Medway, 1965

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

spadiceus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

48

Authority publication

Journal of the Malayan Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society

Name usages

Medway (1965:48) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34580)
Koopman (1994:34) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)

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