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Acerodon gilvus Andersen, 1909, sp. n.

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Description

Acerodon gilvus, sp. n.

Skull similar to that of A. mackloti, but considerably smaller: total length (type) 66 nun., against 69-72. Upper premolars and molars scarcely differing from those of A. mackloti, but lower incisors,;?j, 2¼ 7¼ und m„ distinctly smaller. Forearm (type) 135 mm., against 139-156 in A. mackloti. General style of colour as in A. mackloti, but back conspicuously paler, light cream-buffy, with the Prout’ sbrown or vandyck-brown bases of the hairs perfectly concealed on back, slightly showing through on rump.

Type. ♂ ad. (skin, skull), Waingapo, Sumba, Lesser Suncla Islands, Sept. 1896; collected by A. Everett; B. M. 98. 11. 3. 19.

Notes

Published as part of Andersen, Knud, 1909, IV. — Notes on the genus Acerodon, with a synopsis of its species and subspecies, and descriptions of four new forms, pp. 20-29 in Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 8 th series 3 on page 25, DOI: 10.1080/00222930908692540

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Biodiversity

Collection code
B
Family
Pteropodidae
Genus
Acerodon
Kingdom
Animalia
Material sample ID
B. M. 98. 11 . 3. 19.
Order
Chiroptera
Phylum
Chordata
Species
gilvus
Taxonomic status
sp. n .
Taxon rank
species
Type status
type
Taxonomic concept label
Acerodon gilvus Andersen, 1909