Rousettus (Rousettus) obliviosus Kock, 1978

Turni, Hendrik & Kock, Dieter, 2008, Type specimens of bats (Chiroptera: Mammalia) in the collections of the Museum f r Naturkunde, Berlin, Zootaxa 1869 (1), pp. 1-82 : 21

Rousettus (Rousettus) obliviosus Kock, 1978

Kock, D. (1978) A new fruit bat of the genus Rousettus Gray, 1821 , from the Comoro Islands, western Indian Ocean ( Mammalia: Chiroptera ). In Olembo, R.J., Castelino, J.B. & Mutere, F.A. [eds.]: Proceedings of the 4th International Bat Research Conference Nairobi: 208 [205–216].

Valid name: Rousettus obliviosus Kock, 1978

Holotype: ZMB 58207, body in alcohol, skull extracted, male, adult; Cave at Boboni, SW-Grand Comoro, Comoro Islands; collected by A. Voeltzkow, 3 August 1903.

Paratypes: ZMB 4908 , skull only, Anjouan (= Nzwani, Comoro Ids. ), leg. J. M. Hildebrandt. ZMB 58202, skin and skull, female, adult; same locality, date and collector as 58207 . ZMB 58203 – 58206 , bodies in alcohol, skulls extracted, Grand Comoro , 21 December 1903, leg. A. Voeltzkow. ZMB 58198 and ZMB 58200, two skins and skulls, Cercle de Bambao, Anjouan (= Nzwani), Comoro Ids. , 10–11 October 1903, leg. A. Voeltzkow. ZMB 58197and ZMB 58199, bodies in alcohol, skulls extracted, two females, subadult, Anjouan (= Nzwani), Comoro Is., 10–11 October 1903, leg. A. Voeltzkow.

Comment: Two paratypes were donated to other museums. ZMB 58201 was transferred to SMF (now SMF 47973), and ZMB 58196 was exchanged with the Amsterdam Museum ( ZMA) in 1979 .