Overview
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Interesting Facts
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Common Names
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Common Names in Czech:
kaloň Bulmerův
Common Names in English:
Bulmer's fruit bat
Description
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Habitat
Biome: Terrestrial [1].
Ecology:
It is a cave roosting, mid-montane mixed tropical
forest
species,
apparently tied to limestone areas. The species is frugivorous
and
has been recorded feeding on ficus in an old garden at Taman Village
(Flannery 1995). An adult
female collected at Luplupwintem in May
1992 was carrying a single dependent
young.[1].
List of Habitats
:
- 1 Forest
- 1.9 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane
- 7 Caves and Subterranean Habitats (non-aquatic)
- 7.1 Caves and Subterranean Habitats (non-aquatic) - Caves
- 14 Artificial/Terrestrial
- 14.4 Artificial/Terrestrial - Rural Gardens [more info]
Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Mammalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Subclass:
Theriiformes
()
- (Rowe, 1988) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Infraclass:
Holotheria
()
- (Wible et al., 1995) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Superlegion:
Trechnotheria
()
- McKenna, 1975
- Legion:
Cladotheria
()
- McKenna, 1975
- Sublegion:
Zatheria
()
- McKenna, 1975
- Infralegion:
Tribosphenida
()
- (McKenna, 1975) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Supercohort:
Theria
()
- (Parker & Haswell, 1897) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Cohort:
Placentalia
()
- (Owen, 1837) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Magnorder:
Epitheria
()
- (Mckenna, 1975) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Superorder:
Preptotheria
()
- (McKenna, 1975) McKenna, in Stucky & McKenna, in Benton, ed., 1993
- Grandorder:
Archonta
()
- (Gregory, 1910) McKenna, 1975
- Order:
Chiroptera
()
- Blumenbach, 1779
- Suborder:
Megachiroptera
()
- Dobson, 1875
- Family:
Pteropodidae
()
- (Gray, 1821) Bonaparte, 1838
- Subfamily:
Pteropodinae
()
- Tribe:
Pteropodini
()
- Subtribe:
Dobsoniina
()
- Genus:
Aproteles
()
- Menzies, 1977
- Specific name:
bulmerae
- Menzies, 1977
- Scientific name: - Aproteles bulmerae Menzies, 1977
- Specific name:
bulmerae
- Menzies, 1977
- Genus:
Aproteles
(
- Subtribe:
Dobsoniina
(
- Tribe:
Pteropodini
(
- Subfamily:
Pteropodinae
(
- Family:
Pteropodidae
(
- Suborder:
Megachiroptera
(
- Order:
Chiroptera
(
- Grandorder:
Archonta
(
- Superorder:
Preptotheria
(
- Magnorder:
Epitheria
(
- Cohort:
Placentalia
(
- Supercohort:
Theria
(
- Infralegion:
Tribosphenida
(
- Sublegion:
Zatheria
(
- Legion:
Cladotheria
(
- Superlegion:
Trechnotheria
(
- Infraclass:
Holotheria
(
- Subclass:
Theriiformes
(
- Class:
Mammalia
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: 08-Jun-2004
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Aproteles
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 1 species and subspecies in this genus:
A. bulmerae (Bulmer's Fruit Bat)
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Further Reading
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Notes
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Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 9, 2012.
- Hutson, T., Helgen, K., Flannery, T. & Wright, D. 2008. Aproteles bulmerae. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 30January2012.
- IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 104418
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-631547
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 631547
- IUCN ID: 192230
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Species Identifier: A09W
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2171
Footnotes
- Hutson, T., Helgen, K., Flannery, T. & Wright, D. 2008. Aproteles bulmerae. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 30 January 2012. [back]
