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Pteropus rufus E.Geoffroy, 1803

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Cat. Mamm. Mus. Nat. Hist. Nat. Paris p.47

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Mammalia
order
Chiroptera
family
Pteropodidae
genus
Pteropus
species
Pteropus rufus

Name

Homonyms
Pteropus rufus Tiedemann, 1808
Pteropus rufus E.Geoffroy, 1803
Pteropus rufus Ramsay, 1891
Common names
Fanihy be in Malagasy
Madagascan Flying Fox in English
Madagascan Flying Fox in English
Madagascan Flying Fox in English
Madagascan Flying Fox in English
Madagascan Flying-fox in English
Madagascan flying fox in English
Madagascar Flying Fox in English
Madagascar Fruit Bat in English
Madagascar fruit bat in English
Madagaskar-Flughund in German
Madagaskar-Flughund in German
Malagasy Flying Fox in English
Malagasy Flying Fox in English
Malagasy Flying Fox in English
Malagasy Flying Fox in English
Malagasy Flying Fox in English
Malagasy Flying Fox in English
Renard volant de Madagascar in French
Renard volant malgache in French
Renard volant roux in French
Rode Vleerhond in Dutch
Roussette de Madagascar in French
Roussette marron in French
Roussette marron in French
Roussette rougeâtre in French
Rudawka madagaskarska in Polish
Volpe volante del Madagascar in Italian
Zorro Volador De Madagascar in Spanish
Zorro volador de Madagascar in language.
kaloň madagaskarský in Czech
madagaskarinlenkko in Finnish
Рыжая летучая лисица in Russian
マダガスカルオオコウモリ in Japanese
馬達加斯加狐蝠 in Chinese
마다가스카르과일박쥐 in Korean
마다가스카르날여우박쥐 in Korean
Madagascan Flying Fox in English
Fanihy in Malagasy
Madagascar Flying-fox in English
Madagascar Fruit Bat in English
Renard volant in French
Zorro Volador de Madagascar in Spanish

Bibliographic References

  1. Bergmans, Wim, 1990: Taxonomy and biogeography of African fruit bats (Mammalia, Megachiroptera). 3. The genera Scotonycteris Matschie, 1894, Casinycteris Thomas, 1910, Pteropus Brisson, 1762, and Eidolon Rafinesque, 1815. Beaufortia, vol. 40, no. 7. 111-177.
  2. Simmons, Nancy B. / Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 2005: Order Chiroptera. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2. 312-529.
  3. Wilson, D. E., and R. A. Mittermeier, eds., 2019: null. Handbook of the Mammals of the World. Vol. 9: Bats. 1008.
  4. Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 1992: null. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing. xviii + 1207.
  5. Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole, 2000: null. Common Names of Mammals of the World. xiv + 204.
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