Pteropus rufus E. Geoffroy 1803

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Chiroptera - Family Pteropodidae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 313-350 : 343

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.7316519

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11340504

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/60783E82-5FCD-EF9D-362D-7FEF23A92A98

treatment provided by

Guido (2022-12-13 04:20:39, last updated 2024-11-25 21:37:48)

scientific name

Pteropus rufus E. Geoffroy 1803
status

 

Pteropus rufus E. Geoffroy 1803 View in CoL

Pteropus rufus E. Geoffroy 1803 View in CoL , Cat. Mamm. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., Paris: 47.

Type Locality: Madagascar. Restricted to "N. and C. Madagascar " by K. Andersen (1908).

Vernacular Names: Malagasy Flying Fox.

Synonyms: Pteropus edwardsi E. Geoffroy 1810 ; Pteropus phaiops Temmnick 1825 ; Pteropus princeps K. Andersen 1908 .

Distribution: Madagascar.

Conservation: CITES – Appendix II. IUCN / SSC Action Plan (1992) – Not Threatened. IUCN 2003 – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: niger species group. Reviewed by Peterson et al. (1995); also see Bergmans (1990). Some authors have recognized princeps as a subspecies, but this has not been supported in recent analyses; see Bergmans (1990) and Peterson et al. (1995). Because Wilson and Reeder (1993) did not treat names established in E. Geoffroy (1803) as available, Koopman (1993) attributed authorship of rufus to Tiedemann ("1808, Zool., v.1, Allgemeine Zool., Mensch Saugthiere, Landshut, p.535."), but rufus Tiedemann is a junior synonym of niger Kerr ; see Grubb (2001 a) and Opinion 2005 of the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (2002 b).

Bergmans, W. 1990. Taxonomy and biogeography of African fruit bats (Mammalia: Megachiroptera). 3. The genera Scotonycteris Matschie, 1894, Casinycteris Thomas, 1910, Pteropus Brisson, 1762, and Eidolon Rafinesque, 1815. Beaufortia, 40 (7): 111 - 177.

Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, E. 1803. Catalogue des mammiferes du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle. Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, 272 pp.

Grubb, P. 2001 a. Catalogue des mammiferes du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle by Etienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1803): Proposed placement on the Offical List of Works Available for Zoological Nomenclature. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, 58: 41 - 52.

International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. 2002 b. Opinion 2005 (Case 3022). Catalogue des mammiferes du Museum National d'Hisoire Naturelle by Etienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1803): Placed on the Official List of Works Approved as Available for Zoological Nomenclature. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, 59: 153 - 154.

Koopman, K. F. 1993. Order Chiroptera. Pp. 137 - 241, in Mammal species of the world, a taxonomic and geographic reference, Second ed. (D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder, eds.). Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D. C., 1207 pp.

Peterson, R. L., J. L. Eger, and L. Mitchell. 1995. Chiropteres. Faune de Madagascar, 84: 1 - 204.

Wilson, D. E., and D. M. Reeder (eds.). 1993. Mammal species of the world, a taxonomic and geographic reference, Second ed. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D. C., xviii + 1207 pp.

SSC

Sacramento State University

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Chiroptera

Family

Pteropodidae

Genus

Pteropus