Pteropus vampyrus edulis É. Geoffroy, 1810

Jackson, Stephen M., Jansen, Justin J. F. J., Baglione, Gabrielle & Callou, Cécile, 2021, Mammals collected and illustrated by the Baudin Expedition to Australia and Timor (1800 - 1804): A review of the current taxonomy of specimens in the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle de Paris and the illustrations in the Muséum d’Histoire naturelle du Havre, Zoosystema 43 (21), pp. 387-548 : 429

Pteropus edulis É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1810

( Figs 50 ; 163 ; 164 )

Pteropus edulis É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1810: 90 .

COMMON NAME. — Large Flying-fox.

CURRENT NAME. — Pteropus vampyrus edulis É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1810.

See Simmons (2005: 346) and Giannini (2019: 158).

COLLECTOR/S. — Charles-Alexandre Lesueur, contra É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1810: 91); Desmarest (1821: 109) and Girard (1856: 94) who mention both Péron and Lesueur as its collectors. COLLECTION LOCALITY. — Near Kupang Bay , West-Timor, Indonesia. COLLECTION DATE. — Between 6 May and 3 June 1803. SPECIMEN NUMBER/S. — MNHN-ZM-MO-1996-2123 ( Fig. 50 ), holotype, skin mount ( Rode 1941: 229).

OTHER NUMBER/S. — Nouv. Cat. Gal. 17.

ILLUSTRATIONS. — Illustrated by Charles-Alexandre Lesueur – Muséum d’Histoire naturelle du Havre, Inv. no. 80040 and 80041 ( Figs 163 ; 164 ; two living animals) ( Baglione & Crémière 2009: 360; Altmann 2012: 97, 99).

Figures

FIG. 50. — MNHN-ZM-MO-1996-2123, holotype skin mount of Pteropus edulis. Scale bar: 10 cm. Photography by Stephen Jackson. Credits: MNHN

FIG. 163. — Pteropus edulis É.Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire,1810 [= Pteropus vampyrus edulis É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire,1810].Large Flying-fox.Timor.Charles-Alexandre Lesueur. Watercolour, pencil and ink - 25 × 40 cm. Inv. no. 80040. Credits: MHNH.

FIG. 164. — Pteropus edulis É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1810. Large Flying-fox. Timor. Charles-Alexandre Lesueur. Wash, pencil and ink - 25 × 41. Inv. no. 80041. Credits: MHNH.