Cynopterus nusatenggara

D. J. Kitchener & Maharadatunkamsi, 1991

Nusatenggara Short-nosed Fruit Bat

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

Kitchener, D.J. and Maharadatunkamsi. 1991. Description of a new species of Cynopterus (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae) from Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 15(2):307-363.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53885916

Original name as described

Cynopterus nusatenggara

Type material

WAM M31335

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Desa Belo, Jerewah, West Sumbawa Island, Nusa Tenggara Barat, Indonesia (8°52'S, 116°50'E) … from the boundary between dense, tall, mixed evergreen lowland rainforest and ricefields at an altitude of ± 40 m."

Biogeographic realm

Australasia · Indomalaya

Country distribution

East Timor · Indonesia

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004378

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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: 4 names and synonyms.

Cynopterus nusatenggara

D. J. Kitchener & Maharadatunkamsi, 1991

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

nusatenggara

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

WAM M31335

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Desa Belo, Jerewah, West Sumbawa Island, Nusa Tenggara Barat, Indonesia (8°52'S, 116°50'E)

Type locality

Indonesia: Lesser Sunda Islands: Sumbawa: 8°52′S, 116°50′E.

Authority page

312

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53885916

Authority publication

Records of the Western Australian Museum

Name usages

Koopman (1993:139) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69007)
Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #6105) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #6105) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:67) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004378) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/6105/22113935) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Cynopterus nusatenggara sinagai

D. J. Kitchener in D. J. Kitchener & Maharadatunkamsi, 1996

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

sinagai

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MZB 15911

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

1 km N Kota Kalabahi, Alor island, Nusa Tenggara Timur, Indonesia (8°14'S, 124°32'E) in a narrow gully with a running stream fringed with lowland evergreen rainforest.

Type locality

Indonesia: Lesser Sunda Islands: Alor: 8°14′S, 124°32′E.

Authority page

272

Authority publication

Mammalia

Name usages

Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:67) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Cynopterus nusatenggara wetarensis

D. J. Kitchener in D. J. Kitchener & Maharadatunkamsi, 1996

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

wetarensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MZB 15910

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Desa Ipokil, Wetar island, Maluku Tenggara, Indonesia (7°50'S, 126°16'E); from sea level; mist netted from a coconut plantation surrounded by lowland evergreen rainforest 200 metres from coast.

Type locality

Indonesia: Moluccas: Wetar: 7°50′S, 126°16′E.

Authority page

271

Authority publication

Mammalia

Name usages

Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:67) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Cynopterus nusatenggara nusatenggara:

Simmons, 2005

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

nusatenggara

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:67) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

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