Authority citation: Esselstyn, J.A. 2007-08-20. A new species of stripe-faced fruit bat (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae: Styloctenium) from the Philippines. Journal of Mammalogy 88(4):951-958.
Authority publication link: https://doi.org/10.1644/06-MAMM-A-294R.1
Original name as described: Styloctenium mindorensis
Nominal names: mindorense Esselstyn, 2007
Taxonomy
Subclass: Theria -- Infraclass: Placentalia -- Order: Chiroptera -- Family: Pteropodidae -- Subfamily: Pteropodinae -- Tribe: Pteropodini
Type specimen voucher catalogue number: KU:M:164521
Type locality: "Mount Siburan, Barangay Batong Buhay, Sablayan Municipality, Occidental Mindoro Province, Mindoro Island, Philippines, at the edge of selectively logged lowland forest and an open field with a few guava trees (Psidium sp.), approximately 100 m above sea level (12°50.09'N, 120°55.81'E)."
Country distribution (coarse map shown below; most species exist in only part of countries): Philippines (PHL)
Species Status: This species is currently living, it lives in wild habitats, its taxonomic status is currently accepted, and it is newly recognized since MSW3 2005.
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species status:
Species-specific notes: recently described; specific epithet is usually spelt 'mindorensis', but the name is an adjective and must match the generic gender, in which case the spelling is 'mindorense'
Citation: Esselstyn, J. A. (2007). A new species of stripe-faced fruit bat (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae: Styloctenium) from the Philippines. Journal of Mammalogy, 88(4), 951-958.
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