Acerodon leucotis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Yinpterochiroptera

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Zatheria Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Cladus: Scrotifera Ordo: Chiroptera Subordo: Yinpterochiroptera

Familia: Pteropodidae
Subfamilia: Pteropodinae
Tribus: Pteropodini
Genus: Acerodon
Species: Acerodon leucotis
Subspecies (2): A. l. leucotis – A. l. obscurus

Name

Acerodon leucotis (Sanborn, 1950)

• Holotype: FMNH 63736, adult ♂, collected by D.S. Rabor on 24 May 1947.
• Type locality: “Singay, Busuanga Island, Calamianes Group, Philippine Islands”.

Combinations

• Pteropus leucotis Sanborn, 1950: 189 [original combination]
• Acerodon leucotis: Musser, Koopman & Califia, 1982: 324 [subsequent combination]

Native distribution areas

• Philippines: Palawan, Busuanga, Calamian, Culion, Balabac, and Bat Island in Honda Bay.

References

Primary references

• Sanborn, C.C. 1950. New Philippine Fruit Bats. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 63: 189–190. BHL
• Musser, G.G., Koopman, K.F. & Califia, D. 1982. The Sulawesian Pteropus arquatus and P. argentatus are Acerodon celebensis; the Philippine P. leucotis is an Acerodon. Journal of Mammalogy 63(2): 319–328. DOI: 10.2307/1380649 Reference page. 

Links

• Mildenstein, T., Widmann, P., Lacerna, I., Paguntalan, L. & Jakosalem, P.G. 2020. IUCN: Acerodon leucotis  (Vulnerable). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T140A21988055. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T140A21988055.en. Accessed on 13 October 2023.

Vernacular names

English: Palawan Fruit Bat