Pteropus neohibernicus

W. C. H. Peters, 1876

Great 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

Peters, W.C.H. 1876. Hr. W. Peters machte eine Mittheilung über die Pelzrobbe von den Inseln St. Paul und Amsterdam und über die von S. M. S. Gazelle mitgebrachten Flederthiere. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1876:315-319.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35329674

Original name as described

Pteropus melanopogon var. neohibernicus

Other common names

Greater Flying Fox

Type material

ZMB 4994, ZMB 4995

Type kind

syntypes

Type locality

"Neu-Irland [= New Ireland Island], " Papua New Guinea.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Indonesia · Papua New Guinea

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004480

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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: 14 names and synonyms.

Pteropus degener

W. C. H. Peters, 1876

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

degener

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB 4996

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Indonesia: Moluccas: Aru Islands.

Authority page

318 (footnote)

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35329675

Authority publication

Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin

Name usages

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

Pteropus melanopogon var. neohibernicus

W. C. H. Peters, 1876

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

neohibernicus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB 4994, ZMB 4995

Type kind

syntypes

Type locality

Papua New Guinea: New Ireland Province.

Authority page

317

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35329674

Authority publication

Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin

Name usages

Trouessart (1904:49, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422835) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)

Pteropus melanopogon var. papuana

W. C. H. Peters & Doria, 1881

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

papuanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MSNG (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Mansinam

Type locality

Indonesia: Western New Guinea: West Papua: 0°54′6″S, 134°6′6″E.

Authority page

690

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29845127

Authority publication

Annali del Museo civico di storia naturale di Genova

Name usages

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

Pteropus coronatus

O. Thomas, 1889

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

coronatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1886.7.9.1

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Mioko Island, Duke of York group

Type locality

Papua New Guinea: New Britain: East New Britain Province.

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/736adb29-14de-4b3e-8102-e861e5ab5ca9

Authority page

471

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31825966

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Trouessart (1897:82, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40404762) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59283)
Trouessart (1904:49, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422835) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Pteropus rufus

E. P. Ramsay, 1891

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

rufus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Type

AM PA.1260, AM PA.1261, AM PA.1262

Type kind

syntypes

Original type locality

New Britain Group of Islands

Type locality

Papua New Guinea: New Britain.

Authority page

105

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6979573

Authority publication

Records of the Australian Museum

Name usages

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

Pteropus melanopogon degener:

Trouessart, 1904

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

degener

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

49

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422835

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Trouessart (1904:49, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422835) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)

Pteropus melanopogon papuanus:

Trouessart, 1904

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

papuanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

49

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422835

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Trouessart (1904:49, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422835) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)

Pteropus neohibernicus:

O. Thomas, 1914

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

neohibernicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

434

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18641193

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Thomas (1914:434, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18641193) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16476)
Laurie & Hill (1954:38, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49635628) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31868)
Koopman (1979:5) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/33257)
Corbet & Hill (1980:37) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:123) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Corbet & Hill (1991:42) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Koopman (1993:149) (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)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #18742) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #18742) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:141) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004480) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/18742/22084430) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Pteropus papuanus:

O. Thomas, 1922

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

papuanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

724

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40340248

Authority publication

Nova Guinea

Name usages

Thomas (1922:724, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40340248) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15187)

Pteropus sepikensis

Sanborn, 1931

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

sepikensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

FMNH:Mamm:31855

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Papua New Guinea: East Sepik Province.

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/fmnh/mammals?id=dc3fef0f-769c-4726-bc8d-4f16fea3c6e6

Authority page

14

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2750517

Authority publication

Field Museum of Natural History, Zoological Series

Name usages

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

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