Eonycteris major

Andersen, 1910

Greater Dawn Bat

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Location:Malaysia, Sabah state, SayapDate taken:31 January 2025

Distribution :

Borneo, Mentawai Isls (Indonesia).

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 7824

Taxonomy

Subclass: Theria
Infraclass: Placentalia
Magnorder: Boreoeutheria
Superorder: Laurasiatheria
Order: Chiroptera
Suborder: Yinpterochiroptera
Superfamily: Pteropodoidea
Family: Pteropodidae
Subfamily: Epomophorinae
Tribe: Eonycterini
Genus: Eonycteris

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Andersen, K.C. 1910-12-01. Ten new fruit-bats of the genera Nyctimene, Cynopterus, and Eonycteris. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8)6(36):621-625.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18619866

Original name as described

Eonycteris major

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1908.1.27.28

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/b9dbb2a5-99cb-45ed-af62-fec9305adb45

Type locality

"Mt. Dulit, N. Borneo [Sarawak, Malaysia], 2000' [= 610 m]."

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Brunei · Indonesia · Malaysia

IUCN Red List status

Near Threatened

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004513

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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: 2 names and synonyms.

Eonycteris major

Andersen, 1910

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

major

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1908.1.27.28

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Mt. Dulit, N. Borneo, 2000'

Type locality

Malaysia: Sarawak.

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/b9dbb2a5-99cb-45ed-af62-fec9305adb45

Authority page

625

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18619866

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Chasen (1940:28) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5889)
Medway (1965:50) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34580)
Corbet & Hill (1980:42) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:114) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Corbet & Hill (1991:48) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Lawrence (1993:29) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9585)
Koopman (1993:153) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69007)
Koopman (1994:38) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
Kofron (2002:262-263) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/2188)
Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #7786) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #7786) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:84) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004513) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/7786/22128071) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

E. m. major:

Koopman, 1994

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

major

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

38

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Koopman (1994:38) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
Kofron (2002:265) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/2188)

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