Pteropus macrotis

W. C. H. Peters, 1867

Big-eared Flying Fox

Also as Large-eared Flying Fox.
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Location:Indonesia, Southwest Papua (formerly Irian Jaya Barat) province, Raja Ampat regency, Waigeo island, near Waiwo Dive ResortDate taken:17 June 2023Description:Also as Large-eared Flying Fox.

Distribution :

New Guinea; Aru Isls (Indonesia); Boigu Isl (Australia).

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 6944

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

Peters, W.C.H. 1867. Über die Fiederhunde, Pteropi, und insbesondere über die Arten der Gattung Pteropus s. s. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1867:319-333.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36510590

Original name as described

Pteropus macrotis

Other common names

Large-eared Flying Fox

Type material

RMNH.MAM.36735

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.36735.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.36735.b

Type locality

Wokam Island, Aru Islands, Indonesia.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Indonesia · Papua New Guinea

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004473

Country distribution map

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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: 5 names and synonyms.

Pteropus insignis

von Rosenberg, 1867

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

insignis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RMNH.MAM.36735

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Indonesia: Moluccas: Aru Islands.

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.36735.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.36735.b

Authority page

31

Authority publication

The Hague

Name usages

Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
Jackson & Groves (2015:240) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34474)

Pteropus macrotis

W. C. H. Peters, 1867

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

macrotis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RMNH.MAM.36735

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Insel Boeroe (Buru)

Type locality

Indonesia: Moluccas: Aru Islands.

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.36735.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.36735.b

Authority page

327

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36510590

Authority publication

Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin

Name usages

Trouessart (1897:79, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40404759) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59283)
Trouessart (1904:52, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422838) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
Laurie & Hill (1954:38, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49635628) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31868)
Corbet & Hill (1980:37) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:122) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Corbet & Hill (1991:42) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Koopman (1993:148) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69007)
Koopman (1994:26) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
Jackson & Groves (2015:240) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34474)
Jackson & Groves (2015:240) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34474)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #18735) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #18735) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:137) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004473) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/18735/22082074) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Pteropus (Epomops?) epularius

E. P. Ramsay, 1877

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

epularius

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MMUS M.233, MMUS M.234, MMUS M.235, MMUS M.236

Type kind

syntypes

Type locality

Papua New Guinea: Western Province: 9°8′S, 142°55′E.

Authority page

8

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3341565

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales

Name usages

Trouessart (1904:52, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422838) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
Jackson & Groves (2015:240) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34474)

Pteropus macrotis epularius:

Laurie & J. Edwards Hill, 1954

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

epularius

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

38

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49635628

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Laurie & Hill (1954:38, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49635628) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31868)
Koopman (1994:26) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
Jackson & Groves (2015:240) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34474)
Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:137) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Pteropus macrotis macrotis:

Laurie & J. Edwards Hill, 1954

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

macrotis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

38

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49635628

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Laurie & Hill (1954:38, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49635628) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31868)
Koopman (1994:26) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
Jackson & Groves (2015:240) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34474)
Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:137) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

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