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Genus Pteropus Brisson, 1762

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

 

Excluded Taxa

Misidentifications

PTEROPODIDAE: Pteropus hypomelanus Temminck, 1853 [excluding Pteropus brunneus Dobson, 1878, see Pteropus brunneus Dobson, 1878, Mahoney in Walton (ed.) (1988)]

PTEROPODIDAE: Pteropus melanotus Blyth, 1863 — Woinarski, J.C.Z., Burbidge, A.A. & Harrison, P.L. 2014. The Action Plan for Australian Mammals 2012. Melbourne, Victoria : CSIRO Publishing 1038 pp.

PTEROPODIDAE: Pteropus vampyrus (Linnaeus, 1758) [including (=Vespertilio vampyrus Linnaeus, 1758, syn. Pteropus edulis Geoffrey, 1810, syn. Pteropus funereus Temminck, 1987), see Zimmermann (1783: 181); Gould (1849) and Anderson (1881: 100)]

 

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

Indian Ocean islands, S Asia, SE Asian islands, New Guinea, Bismarck Archipelago, S Pacific islands east to Cook Ils.


Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.
IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)
drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IBRA

ACT, NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ) ; ACT, NSW, NT, Qld, SA, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Arnhem (CA), Carnarvon (CAR), Central Kimberley (CK), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gascoyne (GAS), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Kanmantoo (KAN), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Sturt Plateau (STU), Tanami (TAN), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT) ; ACT, NSW, NT, Qld, Tas, Vic, WA: South East Corner (SEC) ; ACT, NSW, Qld, Tas, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Flinders (FLI), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP) ; NSW, NT, Qld, WA: Coolgardie (COO), Central Ranges (CR), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Murchison (MUR), Nullarbor (NUL), Yalgoo (YAL)

Other Regions

Christmas Island terrestrial & freshwater, Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater

Original AFD Distribution Data

Afrotropical Region

  • Madagascar

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • Australian Capital Territory
    • New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
    • Northern Territory: N Gulf, N coastal, W plateau
    • Queensland: Murray-Darling basin, N Gulf, NE coastal
    • South Australia: Lake Eyre basin
    • Victoria: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
    • Western Australia: N coastal, NW coastal, W plateau
  • Christmas Island (Aust. Terr.)
  • Papua New Guinea
  • Solomon Islands

Oriental Region

  • Andaman Islands
  • Christmas Island (Aust. Terr.)
  • Indonesia
    • Irian Jaya
  • Nicobar Islands
  • Philippines

Distribution References

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
12-Dec-2022 CHIROPTERA 12-Dec-2022 MOVED
04-Dec-2018 CHIROPTERA 04-Dec-2018 MODIFIED
17-Nov-2010 17-Nov-2010 MOVED
04-Dec-2018 17-Nov-2010 MOVED
02-Dec-2010 12-Dec-2022 MODIFIED
12-Dec-2022 MODIFIED