Pteropus alecto gouldii

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: Pteropus
Species: Pteropus alecto
Subspecies: Pteropus alecto gouldii

Name

Pteropus alecto gouldii Peters, 1868

• Syntypes (n=2): ZMB 3408, adult ♀, skin and skull, and ZMB 3409, juvenile ♀, skin and skull, both donated by C. Godeffroy, ex Museum Godeffroy.
• Type locality: “Rockhampton in Nordostaustralien”.

Combinations

• Pteropus goldii Peters, 1868: 703 [Original combination, as species]

Synonyms

• Pteropus banakrisi Richards & Hall, 2002: 69 [synonymised by Helgen (2004: 11)]
  • Holotype: QM JM8648, adult ♀, skin and skull, collected by L.S. Hall and G.C. Richards on 7 December 1988.
  • Type locality: “St. Pauls Mission (10°11’S, 142°20’E) on the east coast of Moa Island, Torres Strait”.

Native distribution areas

• Papua New Guinea: coastal plain of the Western, Gulf and Central Provinces until the Yule Islands.
• Australia: north-western Western Australia to north-eastern Queensland, and Torres Strait including Poruma, Warraber and Boigu islands.

References

Primary references

• Peters, W. 1868. Über die zu den Glossophagae gehörigen Flederthiere und über eine neue Art der Gattung Colëura. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1868: 361–368. BHL Reference page. 
• Richards, G.C. & Hall, L.S. 2002. A new flying-fox of the genus Pteropus (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae) from Torres Strait, Australia. Australian Zoologist 32(1): 69–75. DOI: 10.7882/AZ.2002.007 Reference page. 
• Helgen, K.M. 2004. On the identity of flying-foxes, genus Pteropus (Mammalia: Chiroptera), from islands in the Torres Strait, Australia. Zootaxa 780(1): 1–14. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.780.1.1 Reference page.