Pteropus seychellensis

A. Milne-Edwards, 1878

Seychelles 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

Milne-Edwards, A. 1878. Observations sur les chauves-souris des îles Seychelles. Bulletin de la Société philomathique de Paris (7)2:221-222.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31629362

Original name as described

Pteropus Seychellensis

Type material

MNHN-ZM-MO-1878-1110 (= MNHN:type:157) (= MNHN "35 A")

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1878-1110

Type locality

Mahé (Island), Seychelle Islands.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Seychelles

Taxonomy notes

previously included P. comorensis

Taxonomy notes citation

Almeida, F. C., Helgen, K. M., Simmons, N. B., & Giannini, N. P. (2025). Evolution and ecology of body size in the world’s largest bats. Proceedings B, 292(2051), 20250743.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004499

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. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Pteropus Seychellensis

A. Milne-Edwards, 1878

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

seychellensis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-MO-1878-1110 (= MNHN:type:157) (= MNHN "35 A")

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1878-1110

Authority page

222

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31629362

Authority publication

Bulletin de la Société philomathique de Paris

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:38) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:124) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Corbet & Hill (1991:43) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  4. Koopman (1993:151) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69007)
  5. Koopman (1994:23) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
  6. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  7. Happold & Happold (2013:284) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #18759) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #18759) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  10. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:160) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  11. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004499) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  12. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/18759/22087745) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

P. s. seychellensis

Koopman, 1994

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

seychellensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

23

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

  1. Koopman (1994:23) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
  2. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  3. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:160) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

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