Chironax melanocephalus

Chironax melanocephalus

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: Cladotheria Cladus: Prototribosphenida Cladus: Zatheria Cladus: Tribosphenida Cladus: Boreosphenida Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Cladus: Scrotifera Ordo: Chiroptera Subordo: Yinpterochiroptera

Familia: Pteropodidae
Subfamilia: Cynopterinae
Tribus: Balionycterini
Genus: Chironax
Species: Chironax melanocephalus
Subspecies (2): C. m. melanocephalus – C. m. tumulus

Name

• Chironax melanocephalus (Temminck, 1825)

Lectotype: RMNH 35728, adult ♀, skin, skull and post-cranial skeleton. [designated by Bergmans & Rozendaal (1988: 44)]

Type locality: “île de Java”, restricted to “Gunung Karang, Bantam, West Java”, Indonesia, by Bergmans & Rozendaal (1988: 46).

Combinations

• Pteropus melanocephalus Temminck, 1825: 190 [original combination]
• Chironax melanocephalus: Andersen, 1912: 660 [name combination]

References

Primary references

• Temminck, C.J. 1825. Cinquième Monographie. Vues générales sur l'ordre des cheiroptères. Pp. 157–204, pl. XX–XVI in Temminck, C.J. Monographies de Mammalogie, ou description de quelques genres de Mammifères, dont les espèces ont été observées dans les différens musées de l'Europe. Tome Premier. G. Dufour et E. d'Ocagne: Paris. BnF Gallica GoogleBooks. Reference page. 
• Bergmans, W. & Rozendaal, F.G. 1988. Notes on collections of fruit bats from Sulawesi and some off-lying Islands (Mammalia; Megachiroptera). Zoologische Verhandelingen 248: 1–74.

Links

• Chironax melanocephalus 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.
• Hutson, A.M., Kingston, T. & Suyanto, A. 2008. IUCN: Chironax melanocephalus  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2008: e.T4670A11074797. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T4670A11074797.en

Vernacular names

English: Black-capped Fruit Bat
Bahasa Melayu: Cecadu Kepala Hitam