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Styloctenium wallacei (J. E. Gray, 1866)

Wallace's Stripe-faced Fruit Bat

Authority citation: Gray, J.E. 1866-05. A revision of the genera of pteropine bats (Pteropidee), and the descriptions of some apparently undescribed species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1866(1):62-67.

Authority publication link: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28627501

Original name as described: Pteropus wallacei

Nominal names: wallacei (J. E. Gray, 1866)

Other common names: Sulawesi Stripe-faced Fruit Bat


Taxonomy

Subclass: Theria -- Infraclass: Placentalia -- Order: Chiroptera -- Family: Pteropodidae -- Subfamily: Pteropodinae -- Tribe: Pteropodini

Type specimen voucher catalogue number: BMNH:Mamm:1866.2.13.11

Type locality: "Celebes [= Sulawesi, Indonesia], Macassar."

Country distribution (coarse map shown below; most species exist in only part of countries): Indonesia (IDN)

Species Status: This species is currently living, it lives in wild habitats, its taxonomic status is currently accepted, and it is listed in MSW3 2005.

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species status: Near threatened


Species Permalink: http://www.classic.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004512

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