Cynopterus luzoniensis

(W. C. H. Peters, 1861)

Peters's Short-nosed Fruit Bat

Also as Peters's Fruit Bat.
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Location:Philippines, Central Visayas region, Cebu island, Tabunan forestDate taken:UnknownDescription:Also as Peters's Fruit Bat.

Distribution :

Philippines

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 4089

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Peters, W.C.H. 1861. Hr. W. Peters berichtet über die von Hrn. F. Jagor bisher auf Malacca, Borneo, Java und den Philippinen gesammelten Säugethiere aus den Ordnungen der Halbaffen, Pelzflatterer und Flederthiere. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1861:706-712.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38646575

Original name as described

Pachysoma Luzoniense

Other common names

Peters's Fruit Bat

Type material

ZMB 2525, ZMB 2526, ZMB 10442, ZMB 10447

Type kind

syntypes

Type locality

Iriga, southern Camarines, Luzon, Philippines.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia · Indomalaya

Country distribution

Indonesia · Philippines

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004376

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.

Total: 7 names and synonyms.

Pachysoma Luzoniense

W. C. H. Peters, 1861

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

luzoniensis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB 2525, ZMB 2526, ZMB 10442, ZMB 10447

Type kind

syntypes

Original type locality

Am Ostabhange des Vulkans Yriga, Südcamarines, Luzon.

Type locality

Philippines: Luzon: 13°25′57″N, 123°24′41″E.

Authority page

708

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38646575

Authority publication

Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin

Cynopterus marginatus Var. Cumingii

J. E. Gray, 1871

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

cumingii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1845.3.6.21, BMNH:Mamm:1855.12.26.274

Type kind

syntypes

Original type locality

Philippines

Type locality

Philippines.

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/c7e3fb58-1977-4e8c-bd0f-1ef959f0f606 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/d9de2f9c-3a68-4cab-9198-7addab166c66

Authority page

123

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9994640

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

Name usages

Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Cynopterus marginatus Var. philippensis

J. E. Gray, 1871

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

philippensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:2003.229

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Philippines

Type locality

Philippines.

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/59b518d2-f89a-4b85-89fb-c12af1b0f192 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/fef69e38-55b3-41e9-9377-eaded098ac54

Authority page

123

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9994640

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

Name usages

Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Cynopterus sphinx luzoniensis:

Trouessart, 1904

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

luzoniensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

62

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422891

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Trouessart (1904:62, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422891) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)

Cynopterus luzoniensis:

Hollister, 1912

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

luzoniensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

8

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34354160

Authority publication

Philippine Journal of Science

Name usages

Hollister (1912:8, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34354160) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15163)
Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #136798) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #136798) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:66) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004376) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136798/22035092) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Cynopterus archipelagus

E. H. Taylor, 1934

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

archipelagus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

FMNH:Mamm:230755

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Polillo, Polillo I., P. I.

Type locality

Philippines: Polillo.

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/fmnh/mammals?id=b0ba881e-c43d-4f46-8dd8-5cb1870bc7a1

Authority page

182

Authority publication

Monographs of the Bureau of Science

Name usages

Corbet & Hill (1980:40) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:112) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Hill (1983:121, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2356767) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/1697)
Corbet & Hill (1991:45) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Cynopterus brachyotis luzoniensis:

B. Lawrence, 1939

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

luzoniensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

28

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2775576

Authority publication

Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology

Name usages

Lawrence (1939:28, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2775576) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17817)
Sanborn (1952:97, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2785491) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15029)

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