Rousettus spinalatus

Bergmans & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Bare-backed Rousette

Close-up of head
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Location:Malaysia, Sabah, Batu TimbangDate taken:1 January 1984Description:Close-up of head

Distribution :

Sumatra, Borneo

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 1433

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

Bergmans, W. and Hill, J.E. 1980. On a new species of Rousettus Gray, 1821, from Sumatra and Borneo (Mammalia: Megachiroptera). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Zoology)38(1):95-104.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2280473

Original name as described

Rousettus spinalatus

Type material

NMW 24112

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"northern Sumatra (either in or near Medan, or in or near Prapat), " Indonesia.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Brunei · Indonesia · Malaysia

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004546

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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 spinalatus

Bergmans & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

spinalatus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

NMW 24112

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

in northern Sumatra (either in or near Medan, or in or near Prapat)

Type locality

Indonesia: Sumatra.

Authority page

95

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2280473

Authority publication

Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History)

Name usages

Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:126) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Corbet & Hill (1991:41) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Koopman (1993:153) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69007)
Koopman (1994:20) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #19751) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #19751) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:85) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004546) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/19751/22002553) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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