Ontong Java Flying Fox
Pteropus howensis Troughton, 1931
Also calledOntong-Java-Flughund (deu) · Roussette d'Ontong Java (fra) · Rudawka atolowa (pol) · Volpe volante di Ontong Java (ita) · Zorro Volador De Howens (spa) · Zorro Volador de Lord Howe (spa) · antongatollinlenkko (fin) · kaloň ontongský (ces) · Онтонгяванская летучая лисица (rus) · ハウエンスオオコウモリ (jpn) · 온통자바날여우박쥐 (kor)
First described in: Troughton, Ellis Le G. (1931). Three new bats of the genera Pteropus, Nyctimene, and Chaerephon from Melanesia. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, Vol. 56, Part 3, No. 235.
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
conservation
Conservation: CITES – Appendix II. IUCN / SSC Action Plan (1992) – No Data: Limited Distribution. IUCN 2003 – Vulnerable.
Order Chiroptera - Family Pteropodidae
description
Condition. Cranium lacks both ectotympanic rings, otherwise complete; left dentary broken behind 2 nd post-canine tooth; right dentary complete. Study skin: bald patch either side of abdomen.
Type Specimens of Non-fossil Mammals in the Australian Museum, Sydney
description
Current name. Pteropus howensis Troughton, 1931; following Simmons (2005).
Type Specimens of Non-fossil Mammals in the Australian Museum, Sydney
discussion
Comments. The original account gives the type series as four specimens, citing registration numbers. M. 4827, a juvenile of M. 4824 (a body in alc.) is not marked as a paratype in the register. The date of collection is not recorded for the holotype or paratypes, either in the register, specimen labels or oldest jar labels.
Type Specimens of Non-fossil Mammals in the Australian Museum, Sydney
Where it has been recorded
Recorded sightings
—
geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
Drag the globe to turn it. Dots are where records exist, not a range map; darker means more records.
In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Pteropus howensis in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 5218672.