Genus Macroglossus Cuvier, 1824

Museums

Regional Maps

• Macroglossus Cuvier, G.L.C.F.D. 1824. Des dents des mammifères, considérées comme caractères zoologiques (1821–1825). Paris : F.G. Levrault iv 259 pp., pls 1-103. [40-41, 248, 259 (unnumbered)].

  Type species:

   Pteropus minimus Geoffroy, 1810 by monotypy.
• Kiodotus Blyth, E. 1840. The first Class of Vertebrate Animals—Mammalia. pp. 38–52 in Blyth, E., Mudie, R., Johnston, G. & Westwood, J.O. Cuvier's Animal Kingdom, arranged according to its organization; forming the basis for a natural history of animals, and an introduction to comparative anatomy. London : W.S. Orr vii 670 pp. [footnoted on 69] [nom. nov. for Macroglossus Cuvier, 1824; recorded from Australia by Trouessart, E.-L. 1899. Catalogus Mammalium tam Viventium quam Fossilium. Nova editio (Prima completa). Tom. II Fasc. VI. Appendix (addenda et corrigenda). Index alphabeticus. Berolini : R. Friedländer & Sohn 1265–1469 pp. [1278]].

  Secondary source:

   Trouessart, E.-L. 1899. Catalogus Mammalium tam Viventium quam Fossilium. Nova editio (Prima completa). Tom. II Fasc. VI. Appendix (addenda et corrigenda). Index alphabeticus. Berolini : R. Friedländer & Sohn pp. 1265-1469.
• Carponycteris Lydekker, R. 1891. In Flower, W.H. & Lydekker, R. An Introduction to the Study of Mammals Living and Extinct. London : A. & C. Black xvi 763 pp. [654] [nom. nov. for Macroglossus Cuvier, 1824; recorded from Australia by Trouessart, E.-L. 1904. Catalogus Mammalium tam Viventium quam Fossilium. Quinquennale supplementum, anno 1904. Fasc. 1. Primates, Prosimiae, Chiroptera, Insectivora, Carnivora, Pinnipedia. Berolini : R. Friedländer & Sohn iv 288 pp. [64]].

  Secondary source:

   Trouessart, E.-L. 1904. Catalogus Mammalium tam Viventium quam Fossilium. Quinquennale supplementum, anno 1904. Fasc. 1. Primates, Prosimiae, Chiroptera, Insectivora, Carnivora, Pinnipedia. Berolini : R. Friedländer & Sohn iv 288 pp.
• Odontonycteris Jentink, F.A. 1902. Revision of the genera Macroglossus and Syconycteris and description of a new genus and species, Odontonycteris meijeri. Notes from the Leyden Museum 23: 131-142 [140] [recorded from Australia by Iredale, T. & Troughton, E. le G. 1934. A check-list of the mammals recorded from Australia. Mem. Aust. Mus. 6: i–xii 1–122 [92]].

  Type species:

   Odontonycteris meyeri Jentink, 1902 by monotypy.

  Secondary source:

   Iredale, T. & Troughton, E. le G. 1934. A check-list of the mammals recorded from Australia. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 6: i-xii 1-122.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Andersen, K. 1912. Catalogue of the Chiroptera in the Collection of the British Museum. Megachiroptera. London : British Museum Vol. 1 2, cii 854 pp. [746]

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

SE Asia, SE Asian islands, S Philippine Ils, New Guinea, Bismarck Archipelago.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Kimberley (CK), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Dampierland (DL), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Plains (GUP), Northern Kimberley (NK), Pine Creek (PCK), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Northern Territory: N Gulf, N coastal
  • Queensland: N Gulf, NE coastal
  • Western Australia: N coastal
• Solomon Islands

Oriental Region

• Philippines

Distribution References

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
12-Dec-2022	CHIROPTERA	12-Dec-2022	MOVED
17-Nov-2010		17-Nov-2010	MOVED
04-Dec-2018		17-Nov-2010	MOVED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)