Latidens salimalii

Latidens salimalii

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Yinpterochiroptera

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Trechnotheria Infraclassis: Zatheria Supercohors: Theria Cohors: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Cladus: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Ordo: Chiroptera Subordo: Yinpterochiroptera

Familia: Pteropodidae
Subfamilia: Cynopterinae
Tribus: Balionycterini
Genus: Latidens
Species: Latidens salimalii

Name

Latidens salimalii Thonglongya, 1972

• Type: BNHS no. 1563, adult, sex unrecorded (suspected male ♂), collected by A.F. Hutton.
• Type locality: about 2500 feet at High Wavy Mountains, Madurai District, Madras, South India.

• Etymology: named after ornithologist Dr. Sálim Ali.

Distribution

• South India

References

• Thonglongya. 1972. J. Bombay Natural History Society, 69: 153. BHL

Vernacular names

English: Salim Ali's fruit bat