Cephalotes peronii É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1810
(Figs 45-47; 158)
Cephalotes peronii É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1810: 104 .
COMMON NAME. — Western Naked-backed Fruit Bat.
CURRENT NAME. — Dobsonia peronii (É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1810) .
See Simmons (2005: 320), Giannini (2019: 109).
COLLECTOR/S. — Charles-Alexandre Lesueur, contra É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1810: 105) who mentions Péron as its collector. COLLECTION LOCALITY. — Near Kupang Bay, West-Timor, Indonesia. COLLECTION DATE. — Between 6 May and 3 June 1803. SPECIMEN NUMBER/S. — MNHN-ZM-MO-1996-2116 (Figs 45; 46), holotype, skin mount and skull ; and MNHN-ZM-MO-1996-2128 (Fig. 47), paratype, skin mount .
OTHER NUMBER/S. — Nouv. Cat. Gal. 118 & 119; Cat. Anat. Comp. A6735 and CAG I-384 (skull).
ILLUSTRATIONS. — Illustrated by Charles-Alexandre Lesueur – Muséum d’Histoire naturelle du Havre, Inv. no. 80036 (Fig. 158; two living animals).