Megaerops niphanae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Pteropodoidea

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: Metopophora Cladus: Haptodontiformes Cladus: Sphenacomorpha Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Pantherapsida Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Eutheriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Epicynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliamorpha Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Cladotheria Cladus: Prototribosphenida Cladus: Zatheria Cladus: Tribosphenida Cladus: Boreosphenida Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Cladus: Scrotifera Ordo: Chiroptera Subordo: Yinpterochiroptera Superfamilia: Pteropodoidea

Familia: Pteropodidae
Subfamilia: Cynopterinae
Tribus: Cynopterini
Genus: Megaerops
Species: Megaerops niphanae

Name

Megaerops niphanae Yenbutra & Felten, 1983: 2

• Holotype: Unknown.
• Type locality: Thailand, Nakhon Ratchasima Province, Amphoe Pak Thong Chai, Sakaerat Environmental Research Station.

Native distribution areas

• North-East India: Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Mizoram, Nagaland and West Bengal
• Thailand
• Laos
• Cambodia
• Vietnam

References

Primary references

• Yenbutra, S. & Felten, H. 1983. A new species of the fruit bat genus Megaerops for SE-Asia (Mammalia: Chiroptera, Pteropodidae). Senckenbergiana biologica 64: 1–11. Reference page. 

Links

• Bates, P., Bumrungsri, S., Francis, C., Molur, S. & Srinivasulu, C. 2021. IUCN: Megaerops niphanae  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T12947A22024550. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T12947A22024550.en. Accessed on 23 April 2024.

Vernacular names

English: Ratanaworabhan's Fruit Bat