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Pteropodidae (fruit bat)

Osteichthyes - Chiroptera - Pteropodidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1821Pteropodidae Gray
1850Pteropodidae Bonaparte p. 1
1883Pteropodidae Flower p. 185
1891Pteropodidae Flower and Lydekker p. 92
1911Pteropodidae Jaekel p. 212
1984Pteropodidae Butler
1988Pteropodidae Carroll
1991Pteropodidae Nowak
2005Pteropodidae Wilson and Reeder
2015Pteropodidae Shi and Rabosky

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
RankNameAuthor
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
orderChiropteraBlumenbach 1779
suborderYinpterochiropteraKoopman 1984
familyPteropodidaeGray 1821
familyPteropodidaeGray 1821

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Fm. Pteropodidae Gray 1821 [fruit bat]
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G. Eidolon Rafinesque 1815
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Eidolon helvum Kerr 1792
G. Notopteris Gray 1859
G. Nyctimene Borkhausen 1797
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Nyctimene major Dobson 1877
Invalid names: Cephalotes Geoffroy 1810 [objective synonym]
G. Pteropus Brisson 1762 [flying fox]
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Pteropus alecto Temminck 1837 [Black flying fox]
Pteropus cagayanus Mearns 1905
Pteropus giganteus Brünnich 1782
Pteropus hypomelanus Temminck 1853
Pteropus intermedius Andersen 1908 [Andersen's flying fox]
Pteropus lanensis Mearns 1905
Pteropus lylei Andersen 1908 [Lyles flying fox]
Pteropus mariannus Desmarest 1822 [Marianas flying fox]
Pteropus melanotus Blyth 1863 [Black-eared flying fox]
Pteropus niger Kerr 1792 [Mauritian flying fox]
Pteropus poliocephalus Temminck 1825
Pteropus vampyrus Linnaeus 1758 [large flying fox]
G. Rousettus Gray 1821 [rousette]
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Subg. Rousettus (Rousettus) Gray 1821
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Rousettus (Rousettus) aegyptiacus Geoffroy 1810 [Egyptian rousette]
Rousettus (Rousettus) amplexicaudatus Geoffroy 1810 [Geoffroys rousette]
Rousettus (Rousettus) leschenaultii Desmarest 1820 [Leschenault's rousette]
†Rousettus pattersoni Gunnell and Manthi 2018
G. †Turkanycteris Gunnell and Manthi 2018
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†Turkanycteris harrisi Gunnell and Manthi 2018
Invalid names: Propottininae Butler 1984 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: volanto
Diet: herbivoref
Diet 2: insectivoref
Reproduction: viviparouso
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-06-08 12:11:09
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009, Simmons et al. 2008

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Eocene to the top of the Holocene or 37.71000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma

Collections (40 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9Thailand Pteropodidae indet. (49078)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Kenya (Turkana District) Eidolon dupreanum, Rousettus pattersoni (198274) Turkanycteris harrisi (198275)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Ethiopia Eidolon helvum (21546)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.58 - 0.0Congo-Kinshasa Rousettus angolensis, Rousettus sp., Rousettus aegyptiacus (22074)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Thailand (Chaiyaphum) Pteropus sp. (237787)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Israel Rousettus sp. (192424 192425)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Philippines Pteropodidae indet. (194833 194834 194835 194836)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Guam Pteropus sp. (208640 208643)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Cook Islands Pteropus tonganus (193452)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Palau Pteropus sp. (209730 209740 209741 209745)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Niue Pteropus tonganus (193851 193864 193867)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Northern Mariana Islands Pteropus sp. (194622 194623 194624 194625 194626 194627 194630 194642 194643 194648 194649)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0New Caledonia Pteropus vetulus, Pteropus sp., Notopteris neocaledonica (193988)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Mauritius Pteropus rodricensis (194171) Pteropus subniger (194029) Pteropus subniger, Pteropus niger (194169)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Congo-Kinshasa Rousettus angolensis, Rousettus sp., Rousettus aegyptiacus (22073)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Madagascar (Toliara) Eidolon dupreanum, Rousettus madagascariensis (92733) Pteropus rufus, Rousettus madagascariensis (92732)