Galeopterus variegates (Audebert 1799)

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Dermoptera - Family Cynocephalidae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 110-110 : 110

Galeopterus variegates (Audebert 1799)

Cynocephalus variegatus Audebert 1799 , Hist. Nat. Singes Makis, sig. Rr. Java.

Type Locality: Indonesia, Java .

Vernacular Names: Sunda Flying Lemur.

Synonyms: Galeopterus abbotti Lyon 1911 ; Galeopterus aoris Miller 1903 ; Galeopterus borneanus Lyon 1911 ; Galeopterus chombolis Lyon 1909 ; Galeopterus gracilis Miller 1903 ; Galeopterus hantu Cabrera 1924 ; Galeopterus lautensis Lyon 1911 ; Galeopterus lecheyi Gyldenstolpe 1919 ; Galeopterus natunae Miller 1903 ; Galeopterus peninsulae Thomas 1908 ; Galeopterus pumilis Miller 1903 ; Galeopterus rufus Desmarest 1820 ; Galeopterus saturatus Miller 1903 ; Galeopterus taylori Thomas 1908 ; Galeopterus tellonis Lyon 1908 ; Galeopterus temminckii Waterhouse 1838 ; Galeopterus ternatensis Desmarest 1817 ; Galeopterus tuancus Miller 1903 ; Galeopterus undatus Wagner 1839 ; Galeopterus varius Desmarest 1817 ; Galeopterus marmoratus (Temminck 1829) ; Galeopterus terutaus Chasen and Kloss 1929 ; Galeopterus perhentianus Chasen and Kloss 1929 .

Distribution: Indochina to Java ( Indonesia), Borneo, and most associated islands.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc) as Cynocephalus variegatus .

Discussion: Cabrera (1925) gave Geoffroy (1796) as the author of this nomen. I was unable to locate this reference. However, reading Geoffroy (1803) suggests that he only used French common names for this species in 1796. Desmarest (1820) supported this interpretation. Also, Cabrera (1925) listed G. marmoratus (Temminck, 1829) as a synonym of G. variegatus . I was unable to locate this description. Not listed in Sherborn (1927, 1931), not contained in Temminck (1824-1841). Desmarest (1820) incorrectly gave the localities of G. rufus and G. ternatensis as Pelew Isl and Ternate respectively. Here, these nomina are synonomized with G. variegatus because the descriptions in Desmarest (1820) seem closer to this species, and because his plate 22, fig. 2, illustrates an animal with the characteristically narrow rostrum of G. variegatus . Chasen and Kloss (1929 a) described G. v. terutaus and G. v. perhentianus as subspecies. See Chasen and Kloss (1929 b), Chasen (1940), Corbet and Hill (1992), and Stafford and Szalay (2000).