Order Chiroptera - Family Pteropodidae
Author
Wilson, Don E.
Author
Reeder, DeeAnn
text
2005
The Johns Hopkins University Press
Baltimore
Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1
313
350
book chapter
0-8018-8221-4
10.5281/zenodo.7316519
Rousettus (Rousettus) amplexicaudatus
(E. Geoffroy 1810)
[Pteropus] amplexicaudatus
E. Geoffroy 1810
,
Ann.
Mus
. Natn. Hist. Nat. Paris, 15: 96
.
Type Locality:
Indonesia
, Lesser Sunda Isls, Timor Isl.
Vernacular Names:
Geoffroy's Rousette
.
Subspecies:
:
Subspecies
Rousettus (Rousettus) amplexicaudatus
subsp.
amplexicaudatus
E. Geoffroy 1810
Subspecies
Rousettus (Rousettus) amplexicaudatus
subsp.
brachyotis
Dobson 1877
Subspecies
Rousettus (Rousettus) amplexicaudatus
subsp.
hedigeri
Pohle 1952
Subspecies
Rousettus (Rousettus) amplexicaudatus
subsp.
infumatus
Gray 1871
Subspecies
Rousettus (Rousettus) amplexicaudatus
subsp.
minor
Dobson 1873
Distribution:
Cambodia
,
Thailand
,
Burma
, and
Laos
; Peninsular
Malaysia
through
Indonesia
,
Java
, and
Bali
;
Philippines
; New
Guinea
;
Bismarck Archipelago
, Solomon Isls.
Conservation:
IUCN
/
SSC
Action Plan (1992) –
Not
Threatened.
IUCN
2003 – Lower Risk (lc).
Discussion:
Subgenus
Rousettus
. Revised by
Rookmaaker and Bergmans (1981)
; also see
Hill (1983)
,
Bergmans and Rozendaal (1988)
, and Flannery (1995
a
,
b
).
Peterson et al. (1995)
suggested that
brachyotis
and
minor
may represent distinct species. Subspecies allocation of
Sulawesi
and Kasi Isl (
Indonesia
) populations is uncertain; see
Koopman (1994)
and
Kompanje and Moeliker (2001)
.