Rousettus madagascariensis

G. Grandidier, 1929

Malagasy Rousette

Also as Madagascan Rousette|Madagascar Rousette.
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Location:Madagascar, Diana region (formerly part of Antsiranana province), Ankarana Special ReserveDate taken:Nov 2, 2022

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 6727

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Grandidier, G. 1929. Nouvelle espèce Chauve-Souris frugivore, Rousettus madagascariensis G. Grand. Bulletin de l'Académie malgache (n.s.)11:91-93.

Original name as described

Rousettus madagascariensis

Other common names

Madagascan Rousette · Madagascar Rousette

Type material

MCZ:Mamm:45432

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Mamm:45432

Type locality

surroundings of Beforona, Madagascar.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Madagascar

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004544

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: 1 name and synonym.

Rousettus madagascariensis

G. Grandidier, 1929

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

madagascariensis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MCZ:Mamm:45432

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Mamm:45432

Authority page

91

Authority publication

Bulletin de l'Académie malgache

Name usages

  1. Allen (1939:62, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782092) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:36) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:126) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Corbet & Hill (1991:41) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  5. Koopman (1993:153) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69007)
  6. Koopman (1994:20) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
  7. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #19750) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #19750) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  10. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:88) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  11. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004544) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  12. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/19750/22002909) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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