Pteropus vampyrus

Pteropus vampyrus

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 Subclassis: Trechnotheria Infraclassis: Zatheria Supercohors: Theria Cohors: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Cladus: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Ordo: Chiroptera Subordo: Yinpterochiroptera

Familia: Pteropodidae
Subfamilia: Pteropodinae
Tribus: Pteropodini
Genus: Pteropus
Species: P. vampyrus
Subspecies (6): P. v. edulis – P. v. lanensis – P. v. natunae – P. v. pluton – P. v. sumatrensis – P. v. vampyrus

Name

Pteropus vampyrus (Linnaeus, 1758)

• Type material: unknown.
• Type locality: “Asia”, restricted to “Java”, Indonesia, by Andersen (1912).

Combinations

• Vespertilio vampyrus Linnaeus, 1758: 31 [original combination]
• Pteropus vampyrus: Thomas, 1892: 316 [subsequent combination]

Native distribution areas

• Vietnam, Burma, Malay Peninsula, Borneo, Philippines, Sumatra, Java, and Lesser Sunda Islands, adjacent small islands including Anak Krakatau.

References

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio Decima, Reformata. Tomus I. Holmiæ (Stockholm): impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii. 824 pp. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.542 BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Bates, P., Francis, C., Gumal, M., Bumrungsri, S., Walston, J., Heaney, L. & Mildenstein, T. 2008. IUCN: Pteropus vampyrus  (Near Threatened). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2008: e.T18766A8593657. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T18766A8593657.en.

Vernacular names

Boarisch: Kalong-Fliaghund
čeština: Kaloň malajský
Deutsch: Kalong, Kalong-Flughund
English: Large Flying Fox
español: Zorro volador de cuello rojo
eesti: Kalong
suomi: Isolentäväkoira
français: Roussette de Malaisie
magyar: Óriás repülőkutya
Bahasa Melayu: Keluang Besar
Nederlands: Kalong
polski: Rudawka malajska
русский: Гигантская летучая лисица
svenska: Kalong
ไทย: ค้างคาวแม่ไก่ป่าฝน
українська: Калонг
Tiếng Việt: Dơi quạ lớn

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