Pilonycteris celebensis

(Andersen, 1907)

Sulawesi Fruit Bat

Formerly Rousettus (Rousettus) celebensis. Also as Sulawesian Rousette.
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Location:Indonesia, South Sulawesi province, Ganung Balease base camp, Kecamatan Sukamaju, Kabupaten Luwu UtaraDate taken:Oct 25, 2010

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 7892

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Andersen, K.C. 1907-06-01. On Pterocyon, Rousettus and Myonycteris. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7)19(114):501-515.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24254969

Original name as described

Rousettus celebensis

Other common names

Sulawesian Rousette

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1897.1.2.8

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/8da7f3bb-b558-4a34-9097-3fd928fc5399

Type locality

"Mt. Masarang, Celebes [= Sulawesi, Indonesia], 3500' [= 1067 m]."

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Indonesia

Taxonomy notes

moved from Rousettus to the recently described Pilonycteris

Taxonomy notes citation

Nesi, N., Tsagkogeorga, G., Tsang, S.M., Nicolas, V., Lalis, A., Scanlon, A.T., Riesle-Sbarbaro, S.A., Wiantoro, S., Hitch, A.T., Juste, J., Pinzari, C.A., Bonaccorso, F.J., Todd, C.M., Lim, B.K., Simmons, N.B., McGowen, M.R. and Rossiter, S.J. 2021. Interrogating phylogenetic discordance resolves deep splits in the rapid radiation of Old World fruit bats (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae). Systematic Biology 70(6):1077-1089. doi:10.1093/sysbio/syab013

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004541

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: 2 names and synonyms.

Rousettus celebensis

(Andersen, 1907)

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

celebensis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1897.1.2.8

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/8da7f3bb-b558-4a34-9097-3fd928fc5399

Authority page

509

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24254969

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Andersen (1907:509, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24254969) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16834)
  2. Laurie & Hill (1954:31, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49635635) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31868)
  3. Corbet & Hill (1980:35) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  4. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:126) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  5. Bergmans & Rozendaal (1988:14) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/11535)
  6. Corbet & Hill (1991:41) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  7. Hill (1991:170) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/1730)
  8. Koopman (1993:152) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69007)
  9. Koopman (1994:20) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
  10. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  11. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #19755) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  12. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #19755) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  13. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:87) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Pilonycteris celebensis

Nesi, Tsagkogeorga, Tsang, Nicolas, Lalis, Scanlon, Riesle-Sbarbaro, Wiantoro, Hitch, Juste, Pinzari, Bonaccorso, Todd, B. K. Lim, Simmons, McGowen, & Rossiter, 2021

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

celebensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

1085

Authority publication

Systematic Biology

Name usages

  1. Nesi, Tsagkogeorga, Tsang, Nicolas, Lalis, Scanlon, Riesle-Sbarbaro, Wiantoro, Hitch, Juste, Pinzari, Bonaccorso, Todd, Lim, Simmons, McGowen & Rossiter (2021:1085) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59276)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004541) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  3. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/19755/22000964) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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