Megaerops kusnotoi

J. Edwards Hill & Boeadi, 1979

Javan Tailless Fruit Bat

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Chiroptera
Suborder : Yinpterochiroptera
Superfamily : Pteropodoidea
Family : Pteropodidae
Subfamily : Cynopterinae
Tribe : Cynopterini
Genus : Megaerops

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Hill, J.E. and Boeadi. 1979-01-15. A new species of Megaerops from Java (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae). Mammalia 42(4):427-434.

Authority publication link

https://doi.org/10.1515/mamm.1978.42.4.427

Original name as described

Megaerops kusnotoi

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1977.316

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/c91b2fad-e1d3-466b-9f46-08c5989e267e https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/f0b10cfd-77fb-48a7-9d5d-844a8f25c0d1

Type locality

"Hanjuang Ciletuh, Lengkong, south Sukabumi, west Java [Indonesia], 700 m."

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Indonesia

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004383

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.

Total: 1 name and synonym.

Megaerops kusnotoi

J. Edwards Hill & Boeadi, 1979

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

kusnotoi

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1977.316

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/c91b2fad-e1d3-466b-9f46-08c5989e267e https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/f0b10cfd-77fb-48a7-9d5d-844a8f25c0d1

Authority page

427

Authority publication

Mammalia

Name usages

Corbet & Hill (1980:41) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:117) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Corbet & Hill (1991:46) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Koopman (1993:142) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69007)
Koopman (1994:34) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #12945) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #12945) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:63) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
Almeida, Simmons & Giannini (2020:18, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/60549666) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/49061)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004383) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/12945/22024115) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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