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Paranyctimene tenax Bergmans 2001

Description

Paranyctimene tenax Bergmans 2001

Paranyctimene tenax Bergmans 2001, Beaufortia, 51: 146.

Type Locality: Papua New Guinea, Morobe Province, 32 km SSW of Wau, upstream of Anadea, about 07°36'S, 146°37'E, 850 m.

Vernacular Names: Steadfast Tube-nosed Fruit Bat.

Subspecies::

Subspecies Paranyctimene tenax subsp. tenax Bergmans 2001

Subspecies Paranyctimene tenax subsp. marculus Bergmans 2001

Distribution: Mainland New Guinea; Waigeo Isl (Indonesia, Prov. of Papua).

Conservation: IUCN 2003 – not evaluated (new species).

Discussion: Originally placed in Nyctimene (subgenus Paranyctimene) by Bergmans (2001); see comments under those genera. Many published records referred to raptor may actually represent tenax, see Bergmans (2001).

Notes

Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Chiroptera - Family Pteropodidae, pp. 313-350 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 332, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316519

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Bergmans
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Chiroptera
Family
Pteropodidae
Genus
Paranyctimene
Species
tenax
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Paranyctimene tenax Bergmans, 2001 sec. Wilson & Reeder, 2005

References

  • Bergmans, W. 2001. Notes on distribution and taxonomy of Australasian bats. 1. Pteropodinae and Nyctimeninae (Mammalia, Megachiroptera, Pteropodidae). Beaufortia, 51: 119 - 152.