Pteropus scapulatus

W. C. H. Peters, 1862

Little Red Flying Fox

Ventral view of bat about to land at roost
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Location:Australia, NSW, Clarence River, near GraftonDate taken:1 January 1988Description:Ventral view of bat about to land at roost

Distribution :

Australia, S New Guinea, accidental on New Zealand

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 958

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. 1862. Hr. W. Peters machte eine Mittheilung über einen neuen Flederhund, Pteropus scapulatus, aus Neuholland. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1862:574-577.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36507229

Original name as described

Pteropus scapulatus

Type material

ZMB 2616

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Promontorium York [= Cape York, Queensland], Nova Hollandia [= Australia]."

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Australia

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004498

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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: 3 names and synonyms.

Pteropus scapulatus

W. C. H. Peters, 1862

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

scapulatus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB 2616

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Promontorium York, Nova Hollandia

Type locality

Australia: Queensland: 10°41′14″S, 142°31′54″E.

Authority page

574

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36507229

Authority publication

Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin

Name usages

Murray (1866:345, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580341) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
Collett (1887:843, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10356883) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67854)
Ogilby (1892:80, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/938597) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69482)
Collett (1897:318, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30987485) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15202)
Trouessart (1897:79, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40404759) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59283)
Thomas (1904:222, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3858949) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16463)
Trouessart (1904:51, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422837) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
Iredale & Troughton (1934:91, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47102282) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/20087)
Corbet & Hill (1980:38) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:124) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Koopman (1984:4, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62326866) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/1361)
Corbet & Hill (1991:43) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Koopman (1993:150) (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 (2015:241) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34474)
Jackson & Groves (2015:241) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34474)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #18758) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #18758) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:136) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004498) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/18758/22087637) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Pteropus elseyii

J. E. Gray, 1866

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

elseyii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1862.5.2.2

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

North-east coast of Australia: Claremont Island

Type locality

Australia: Queensland.

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/ada63c75-413a-4fa2-a015-74d953d529ef

Authority page

67

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28627507

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Jackson & Groves (2015:241) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34474)

Pteropus Elseyi:

J. E. Gray, 1871

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

elseyi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

108

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9994625

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

Name usages

Gray (1871:108, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9994625) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/21655)
Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

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