Holotype of Pteropus anetianus aorensis

Date Collected:

1944-04-08

Oceania: Vanuatu | Espiritu Santo

Current Identification
Animalia Chordata Mammalia Chiroptera Pteropodidae
Common Name(s): Vanuatu Flying Fox; White Flying Fox
Determiner: Barbara Lawrencelinked data icon on 1945-03-26
Nature of ID: type ID
Remarks: MCZ Ledger; ID date is date of publication

  • additional number: 5

Part Condition Disposition Count
skin (dry) unchecked unknown 1 History
skull (dry) unchecked unknown 1 History
tissue (dry) good in collection 1 History
Remarks: tissue; sub-sampled as part of NSF CSBR Holotype grant; transferred to MCZ-CRYO on 2023-08-31
subsampled by = Nina Black   determined date=2023-08-17   determined by=Nina Black  

Attribute Value Determination On
sex male [no agent data], Method: migration 2009-06-20
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Nina Black 2023-08-24

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  • Specific Locality:
  • Espiritu Santo
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • New Hebrides, Espiritu Santo
  • Locality Remarks:
  • Vanuatu is in the south Pacific, east of Australia.
  • Georeference:
  • -15.300329°, 166.918300° (Error radius: 1506m) By: Tsuyoshi Takahashi on 2021-05-26 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1944-04-08
  • Verbatim Date:
  • Migrated as 08-Apr-1944
  • Collector:
  • Oliver Luther Austin, Jr.linked data icon

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Media type: text; Mammalogy 42181;  42182;  42183;  42184;  42185;  42186;  42187;  42188;  42189;  42190;  42191;  42192;  42193;  42194;  42195;  42196;  42197;  42198;  42199;  42200;  42201;  42202;  42203;  42204;  42205 Description: MCZ Mammalogy Mammals 039831-045821, pg.95;

(Media Record) (Related) (File)

Ledger Entry for: 25 cataloged items from MCZ:Mamm:42181 Pteropus basiliscus to MCZ:Mamm:...

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