Ptenochirus wetmorei

(E. H. Taylor, 1934)

Mindanao Fruit Bat

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Taylor, E.H. 1934-06-30. Philippine land mammals. Monographs of the Bureau of Science 30:1-548.

Original name as described

Megaerops wetmorei

Other common names

White-collared Fruit Bat

Type material

AMNH M-241710

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-241710

Type locality

Cotabato near Tatayan, Mindanao Island, Philippines.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Philippines

Taxonomy notes

moved from Megaerops to Ptenochirus

Taxonomy notes citation

Almeida, F.C., Simmons, N.B. and Giannini, N.P. 2020. A species-level phylogeny of Old World fruit bats with a new higher-level classification of the family Pteropodidae. American Museum Novitates 3950:1-24. doi:10.1206/3950.1

IUCN Red List status

Near Threatened

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004387

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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.

Megaerops wetmorei

E. H. Taylor, 1934

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

wetmorei

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-241710

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

near Tatayan, Cotabato

Type locality

Philippines: Mindanao.

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-241710

Authority page

191

Authority publication

Monographs of the Bureau of Science

Name usages

Corbet & Hill (1980:41) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:117) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Corbet & Hill (1991:46) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Koopman (1993:142) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69007)
Koopman (1994:34) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
Kofron (2002:262-263) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/2188)
Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #12948) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #12948) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/12948/3401295) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Megaerops wetmorei wetmorei:

Simmons, 2005

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

wetmorei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Ptenochirus wetmorei:

D. E. Wilson & Mittermeier, 2019

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

wetmorei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

69

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:69) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
Almeida, Simmons & Giannini (2020:19, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/60549667) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/49061)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004387) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

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