Eidolon helvum ( Kerr, 1792 )

Jackson, Stephen M., Jansen, Justin J. F. J., Baglione, Gabrielle & Callou, Cécile, 2021, Mammals collected and illustrated by the Baudin Expedition to Australia and Timor (1800 - 1804): A review of the current taxonomy of specimens in the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle de Paris and the illustrations in the Muséum d’Histoire naturelle du Havre, Zoosystema 43 (21), pp. 387-548 : 427

Pteropus stramineus É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1810

( Figs 159 ; 160 )

Pteropus stramineus É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1810: 95 .

COMMON NAME. — African Straw-colored Fruit Bat.

CURRENT NAME. — Eidolon helvum ( Kerr, 1792) .

See Simmons (2005: 321) and Giannini (2019: 115).

COLLECTOR/S. — Charles-Alexandre Lesueur, contra É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1810: 95) who mentioned both Péron and Lesueur as its collectors.

COLLECTION LOCALITY. — Sudan (see Cakenberghe & Seamark 2014: 37).

COLLECTION DATE. — Between 6 May and 3 June 1803.

SPECIMEN NUMBER/S. — No data.

COMMENTS. — É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire’s (1803e: 48) description was not published so the name is a nomen nudum. There appears to be some confusion over the type locality of this taxon as É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1803e: 48) noted the collection locality was unknown, É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1810: 95) referred to Timor, while Cakenberghe & Seamark (2014: 37) gave the location as Sudan and discussed the debate surrounding the type locality.

ILLUSTRATIONS. — Illustrated by Charles-Alexandre Lesueur – Muséum d’Histoire naturelle du Havre, Inv. no. 80035 ( Fig. 159 ; two living animals) and Inv. no. 80037 ( Fig. 160 ; sketch of three animals) ( Baglione & Crémière 2009: 360).

Figures

FIG. 159. — Pteropus stramineus É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1810. Timor. Charles-Alexandre Lesueur. Watercolour, pencil and ink – 25 × 40 cm. Inv. no. 80035. Credits: MHNH.

FIG. 160. — Pteropus stramineus É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1810. Timor. Charles-Alexandre Lesueur. Pencil – 14 × 23 cm. Inv. no. 80037. Credits: MHNH.