Nyctimene cephalotes

(Pallas, 1767)

Pallas's Tube-nosed Fruit Bat

Also as Northern Tube-nosed Bat · Pallas's Tube-nosed Bat · Torresian Tube-nosed Bat.

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Location:Indonesia, South Sulawesi province, Ganung Balease base camp, Kecamatan Sukamaju, Kabupaten Luwu UtaraDate taken:Oct 19, 2010

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 7890

Taxonomy

Subclass	: Theria
Infraclass	: Placentalia
Magnorder	: Boreoeutheria
Superorder	: Laurasiatheria
Order	: Chiroptera
Suborder	: Yinpterochiroptera
Superfamily	: Pteropodoidea
Family	: Pteropodidae
Subfamily	: Nyctimeninae
Genus	: Nyctimene

Species status

Living

Found in the wild

Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Pallas, P.S. 1767. Spicilegia Zoologica. Fasciculus tertius. Gottlieb August Lange, Berlin, 35 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27817718

Original name as described

Vespertilio cephalotes

Other common names

Northern Tube-nosed Bat · Pallas's Tube-nosed Bat · Torresian Tube-nosed Bat

Type material

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

Type locality

"Celeb[es]. atque Amiciss." Restricted by K. Andersen in 1912 to "Celebes; Amboina; Tenimber Is[land].; Timor, " Indonesia.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Indonesia

Subregion distribution

Distribution notes

Distribution references

Taxonomy notes

Taxonomy notes citation

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004416

Country distribution map

The map below provides a general overview. Most species inhabit only specific regions within countries. Hover over the highlighted regions to see the country name.

Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 16 names and synonyms.

Vespertilio cephalotes

(Pallas, 1767)

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

cephalotes

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

Authority page

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27817718

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Müller (1776:19, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51217680) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38532)
Erxleben (1777:152, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15872949) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36060)
Zimmermann (1783:168) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69242)
Boddaert (1785:70, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28230034) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35384)
Gmelin (1788:50, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25751270) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35943)
Kerr (1792:98, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664116) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36283)
Wolf (1796:62) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/72410)
Shaw (1800:134, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41150815) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37615)
Turton (1802:26, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25772863) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69249)
Treviranus (1802:216, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11026082) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/72409)
Treviranus (1803:182, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11028210) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/41587)

Vespertilio cephalotes melinus

(Kerr, 1792)

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

melina

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

Type kind

Type specimen URI

Authority page

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664116

Authority publication

Edinburgh

Name usages

Kerr (1792:98, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664116) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36283)
Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Pteropus cephalotes

(É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1803)

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

cephalotes

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synonym

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name_combination

Type

Type kind

Type specimen URI

Authority page

Authority page URI

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1803:49) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19153)
Muirhead (1819:408) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69481)

Cephalotes Pallasii

(É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1810)

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

pallasii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Type

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

Authority page

107

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3546741

Authority publication

Annales du Muséum d'histoire naturelle

Name usages

Ranzani (1820:181, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27807761) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69425)
Desmarest (1821:113, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39523877) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34459)
Schinz (1821:157, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51528914) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37604)
Fischer (1829:89) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59856)

Harpyia Pallasii

(Wiedemann, 1817)

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

pallasii

Validity status

synonym

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name_combination

Type

Type kind

Type specimen URI

Authority page

140

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14929006

Authority publication

Zoologisches Magazin

Name usages

Wiedemann (1817:140, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14929006) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69430)
Gray (1838:504, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40026407) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34750)
Blyth (1840:69, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49918229) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67419)
Smith (1842:120) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67141)
Gray (1844:29, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40020014) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57405)

Harpya Pallasii

(Lesson, 1827)

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

pallasii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Type

Type kind

Type specimen URI

Authority page

114

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207582

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1827:114, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207582) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
Lesson (1836:67 (footnote), https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62814788) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/61467)
Lesson (1842:15) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Harpyia? Pallassii

(Burnett, 1829)

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

pallassii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Type

Type kind

Type specimen URI

Authority page

269

Authority page URI

Authority publication

Quarterly Journal of Science, Literature, and Art

Name usages

Harpyia cephalotes

(A. Murray, 1866)

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

cephalotes

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Type

Type kind

Type specimen URI

Authority page

345

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580341

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Murray (1866:345, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580341) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
Gray (1871:121, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9994638) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/21655)
Allen (1895:186, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26894322) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15949)
Trouessart (1897:87, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40404767) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59283)

Uronycteris cephalotes

(J. D. Ogilby, 1892)

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

cephalotes

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synonym

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name_combination

Type

Type kind

Type specimen URI

Authority page

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/938531

Authority publication

Sydney

Name usages

Ogilby (1892:81, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/938531) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69482)

Cephalotes cephalotes

(T. S. Palmer, 1898)

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

cephalotes

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Type

Type kind

Type specimen URI

Authority page

114

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3849986

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

Palmer (1898:114, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3849986) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16893)

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Nyctymene cephalotes

O. Thomas, 1904

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

cephalotes

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Type

Type kind

Type specimen URI

Authority page

198

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24255266

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Thomas (1904:198, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24255266) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15350)

Gelasinus cephalotes

(Trouessart, 1904)

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

cephalotes

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Type

Type kind

Type specimen URI

Authority page

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422892

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Trouessart (1904:63, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422892) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)

Nyctimene cephalotes

Laurie & J. Edwards Hill, 1954

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

cephalotes

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Type

Type kind

Type specimen URI

Authority page

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49635620

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Laurie & Hill (1954:46, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49635620) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31868)
Koopman (1979:6) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/33257)
Corbet & Hill (1980:42) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:118, 119) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Bergmans & Rozendaal (1988:56) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/11535)
Corbet & Hill (1991:47) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Koopman (1993:144) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69007)
Koopman (1994:36) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #14963) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #14963) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:121) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004416) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/14963/22007414) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Nyctimene cephalotes cephalotes

Laurie & J. Edwards Hill, 1954

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

cephalotes

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Type

Type kind

Type specimen URI

Authority page

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49635620

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Laurie & Hill (1954:46, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49635620) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31868)
Bergmans & Rozendaal (1988:56) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/11535)
Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:121) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Nyctimene cephalotes aplini

D. J. Kitchener in D. J. Kitchener, Packer, & Suyanto, 1995

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

aplini

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MZB 15903

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

Authority page

133

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54901962

Authority publication

Records of the Western Australian Museum

Name usages

Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:121) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

pallasi

Simmons, 2005

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

pallasi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling · notusedas_valid

Type

Type kind

Type specimen URI

Authority page

330

Authority page URI

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Simmons (2005:330) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

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