Pteropus lylei

Andersen, 1908

Lyle's Flying Fox

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Location:Argentina, Buenas Aires province, Belen de Escobar, Temaiken ZooDate taken:Mar 3, 2013

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 4629

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

Andersen, K.C. 1908-10-01. Twenty new forms of Pteropus. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8)2(10):361-370.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22071136

Original name as described

Pteropus lylei

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1904.4.7.2

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/0bbab2a6-ae65-4788-83d7-d4bea3947428

Type locality

"Bangkok, Siam [= Thailand]."

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Thailand · Cambodia · Vietnam

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004472

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: 1 name and synonym.

Pteropus lylei

Andersen, 1908

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

lylei

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1904.4.7.2

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/0bbab2a6-ae65-4788-83d7-d4bea3947428

Authority page

367

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22071136

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Ellerman & Morrison-Scott (1951:96, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8722397) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31900)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:37) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:122) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Corbet & Hill (1991:42) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  5. Koopman (1993:148) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69007)
  6. Koopman (1994:25) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
  7. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  8. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:384) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  9. Smith & Xie (2008:332) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #18734) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  11. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #18734) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  12. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:157) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  13. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004472) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  14. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/18734/22082429) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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