Pteropus gilliardi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Pteropodoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores 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 Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Cladus: Scrotifera Ordo: Chiroptera Subordo: Yinpterochiroptera Superfamilia: Pteropodoidea

Familia: Pteropodidae
Subfamilia: Pteropodinae
Tribus: Pteropodini
Genus: Pteropus
Species: Pteropus gilliardi

Name

Pteropus gilliardi Van Deusen, 1969: 5

• Holotype: AMNH M-194292, subadult ♂, skin and skull, collected by Margaret Gilliard 21 December 1958.
• Type locality: “Camp 12 ("summit camp"), Wild Dog Ridge, Whiteman Mountains, New Britain; elevation about 5200 feet (1600 meters)”.

Synonymy

• Pteropus gailliardi Koopman, 1994: 26 [incorrect subsequent spelling]
• Pteropus gilliardorum: Flannery, 1995: 259 [unjustified emendation]

Native distribution areas

• Papua New Guinea: New Britain and New Ireland islands.

References

Primary references

• Van Deusen, H.M. 1969. Results of the 1958-1959 Gilliard New Britain Expedition. 5. A new species of Pteropus (Mammalia, Pteropodidae) from New Britain, Bismarck Archipelago. American Museum Novitates 2371: 1–16. hdl: 2246/2581; BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Leary, T. & Helgen, K. 2020. IUCN: Pteropus gilliardi  (Vulnerable). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T18726A22081235. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T18726A22081235.en. Accessed on 22 April 2025.

Vernacular names

• English: Gilliard's Flying Fox