Nyctimene major Dobson 1877
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Nyctimene major Dobson 1877
Nyctimene major Dobson 1877, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1877: 117.
Type Locality: Papua New Guinea, Bismarck Arch., Duke of York Isl.
Vernacular Names: Island Tube-nosed Fruit Bat.
Subspecies::
Subspecies Nyctimene major subsp. major Dobson 1877
Subspecies Nyctimene major subsp. geminus K. Andersen 1910
Subspecies Nyctimene major subsp. lullulae Thomas 1904
Subspecies Nyctimene major subsp. scitulus K. Andersen 1910
Distribution: D'Entrecasteaux Isls, Trobriand Isls, Bismarck and Louisiade Archs. (Papua New Guinea), Solomon Isls, and small islands off the north coast of New Guinea. A New Guinea mainland record is almost certainly erroneous; see Koopman (1979).
Conservation: IUCN / SSC Action Plan (1992) – Not Threatened. IUCN 2003 – Lower Risk (lc).
Discussion: cephalotes species group. Reviewed in part by Koopman (1979) and Hill (1983). See also Flannery (1995 b) and Bonaccorso (1998).
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Related works
- Is part of
- Book chapter: 10.5281/zenodo.7316519 (DOI)
- Book chapter: http://publication.plazi.org/id/B5FED4376783348DAB39F373EDACBE6B (URL)
- Is source of
- https://biodiversitypmc.sibils.org/collections/plazi/464B5D5105245B1210D54B5252C9E5BC (URL)
- https://www.gbif.org/species/231543279 (URL)
Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Dobson
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Order
- Chiroptera
- Family
- Pteropodidae
- Genus
- Nyctimene
- Species
- major
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Nyctimene major Dobson, 1877 sec. Wilson & Reeder, 2005
References
- Koopman, K. F. 1979. Zoogeography of mammals from islands off the northeastern coast of New Guinea. American Museum Novitates, 2690: 1 - 17.
- Hill, J. E. 1983. Bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) from Indo-Australia. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Zoology Series, 43: 103 - 208.
- Bonaccorso, F. J. 1998. Bats of Papua New Guinea. Conservation International Tropical Field Guide Series, Conservation International, Washington, D. C., 489 pp.