Pteropus
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Taxonavigation
[edit]Familia: Pteropodidae
Subfamilia: Pteropodinae
Tribus: Pteropodini
Genus: Pteropus
Species: P. admiralitatum – P. aldabrensis – P. alecto – P. allenorum – P. anetianus – P. aruensis – P. brunneus – P. caniceps – P. capistratus – P. chrysoproctus – P. cognatus – P. conspicillatus – P. dasymallus – P. faunulus – P. fundatus – P. giganteus – P. gilliardorum – P. griseus – P. howensis – P. hypomelanus – P. intermedius – P. keyensis – P. livingstonii – P. lombocensis – P. loochoensis – P. lylei – P. macrotis – P. mahaganus – P. mariannus – P. mearnsi – P. melanopogon – P. melanotus – P. molossinus – P. neohibernicus – P. niger – P. nitendien – P. ocularis – P. ornatus – P. pelagicus – P. pelewensis – P. personatus – P. phaeocephalus – P. pilosus – P. pohlei – P. poliocephalus – P. pselaphon – P. pumilus – P. rayneri – P. rennelli – P. rodricensis – P. rufus – P. samoensis – P. sanctacrucis – P. scapulatus – P. seychellensis – P. speciosus – P. subniger – P. temminckii – P. tokudae – P. tonganus – P. tuberculatus – P. ualanus – P. vampyrus – P. vetulus – P. voeltzkowi – P. woodfordi – P. yapensis
Name
[edit]Pteropus Brisson, 1762: 153 [conserved name]
- Type species: Vespertilio niger Kerr, 1792, by designation under the Plenary Powers (1998: 64).
- Gender: masculine.
- Placed on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology by Opinion 1894 (1998: 65).
Synonymy
[edit]- Spectrum Lacépède, 1799: 15 [preoccupied by Spectrum Scopoli, 1777]
- Type species: Vespertilio vampyrus Linnaeus, 1758, by monotypy.
- Eunycteris Gray, 1866: 64
- Type species: Pteropus phaiops Temminck, 1825, by monotypy.
- Pselaphon Gray, 1870: 110 [preoccupied by Pselaphon Herbst, 1792]
- Type species: Pteropus pselaphon Lay, 1829, by monotypy.
- Sericonycteris Matschie, 1899: 30 [as a subgenus]
- Type species: Pteropus rubricollis É. Geoffroy, 1810, by subsequent designation by Palmer (1904: 629).
References
[edit]Primary references
[edit]- Brisson, M.J. 1762. Regnum animale in classes IX. Distributum, Sive, Synopsis Methodica, Sistens generalem Animalium distributionem in Classes IX, & duarum primarum Classium, Quadrupedum scilicet & Cetaceorum, particularem divisionem in Ordines, Sectiones, Genera & Species. Cum brevi cujusque Speciei Descriptione, Cicationibus Auctorum de iis tractantium, Nominibus eis ab ipsis & Nationibus impositis, Nominibusque vulgaribus. Theodorum Haak: Lugduni Batavorum. 7 + 296 pp. BHL Reference page.
- International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. 1998. Opinion 1894. Regnum Animale ..., Ed. 2 (M.J. Brisson, 1762): rejected for nomenclatural purposes, with the conservation of the mammalian generic names Philander (Marsupialia), Pteropus (Chiroptera), Glis, Cuniculus and Hydrochoerus (Rodentia), Meles, Lutra and Hyaena (Carnivora), Tapirus (Perissodactyla), Tragulus and Giraffa (Artiodactyla). Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 55(1): 64–71. BHL Reference page.
Additional references
[edit]- Helgen, K.M., Helgen, L.E. & Wilson, D.E. 2009. Pacific flying foxes (Mammalia: Chiroptera): two new species of Pteropus from Samoa, probably extinct. American Museum Novitates 3646: 37pp.
- Buden, D.W., Helgen, K.M. & Wiles, G.J. 2013. Taxonomy, distribution, and natural history of flying foxes (Chiroptera, Pteropodidae) in the Mortlock Islands and Chuuk State, Caroline Islands. ZooKeys 345: 97–135. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.345.5840 Reference page.
Links
[edit]- Pteropus in Mammal Species of the World.
Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4. - Pteropus – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Vernacular names
[edit]বাংলা: বাদুড়
Deutsch: Eigentliche Flughunde
English: Flying Foxes, Fruit Bats
español: Zorros voladores y murciélagos frugívoros
português: Raposas-voadoras
中文: 狐蝠屬
