Pteropus fundatus

Felten & Kock, 1972

Banks Flying Fox

Taxonomy

Subclass: Theria
Infraclass: Placentalia
Magnorder: Boreoeutheria
Superorder: Laurasiatheria
Order: Chiroptera
Suborder: Yinpterochiroptera
Superfamily: Pteropodoidea
Family: Pteropodidae
Subfamily: Pteropodinae
Tribe: Pteropodini
Genus: Pteropus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Felten, H. and Kock, D. 1972-08-31. Weitere Flughunde der Gattung Pteropus von den Neuen Hebriden, sowie den Banks- und Torres-Inseln, Pazifischer Ozean (Mammalia: Chiroptera). Senckenbergiana biologica 53(3-4):179-188.

Original name as described

Pteropus fundatus

Type material

SMF:MAMM:25570

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Mota Island, Banks Islands, Vanuatu.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Vanuatu

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

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Names and synonyms

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Total: 1 name and synonym.

Pteropus fundatus

Felten & Kock, 1972

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

fundatus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

SMF:MAMM:25570

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Mota, Banks-Inseln

Type locality

Vanuatu.

Authority page

186

Authority publication

Senckenbergiana biologica

Name usages

Corbet & Hill (1980:36) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:121) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Corbet & Hill (1991:41) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Koopman (1993:147) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69007)
Koopman (1994:24) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #18724) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #18724) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:150) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004464) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/18724/22080348) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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