Pteropus comorensis

Nicoll, 1908

Comoros 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

Authority citation

Three Voy. of a Naturalist, pp. 87, 88, 90

Original name as described

Pteropus comorensis

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1906.6.3.14, BMNH:Mamm:1906.6.3.15, BMNH:Mamm:1906.6.3.16

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/10d21258-81f4-4d5a-90c0-f4edeb80de4e https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/5022d85d-8933-45b5-86c5-c5bb1c241f25 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/98cd8423-a3fa-4af5-9f71-155b7bd97803

Type locality

Buzi Island (0-600 ft), Mayotte.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Tanzania · Comoros · Mayotte

Taxonomy notes

split from P. seychellensis

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

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006977

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 comorensis

A. R. Wallace, 1880

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

comorensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

400

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Wallace (1880:400) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68070)
  2. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Pteropus comorensis

Keller, 1898

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

comorensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

125

Authority publication

book

Name usages

Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Pteropus comorensis

Nicoll, 1908

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

comorensis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1906.6.3.14, BMNH:Mamm:1906.6.3.15, BMNH:Mamm:1906.6.3.16

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/10d21258-81f4-4d5a-90c0-f4edeb80de4e https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/5022d85d-8933-45b5-86c5-c5bb1c241f25 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/98cd8423-a3fa-4af5-9f71-155b7bd97803

Authority page

87, 88, 90

Authority publication

book

Name usages

Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:124) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)

P. s. comorensis

Koopman, 1994

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

comorensis

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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