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SPECIES Aproteles bulmerae
Author: | Menzies, 1977. | Citation: | Aust. J. Zool., 25: 331. | Common Name: | Bulmer's Fruit Bat | Type Locality: | Papua New Guinea, Chimbu Prov., 2 km SE Chuave Govt. Sta., 1,530 m. | Distribution: | Mainland Papua New Guinea. | Status: | U.S. ESA – Endangered. IUCN/SSC Action Plan (1992) – Endangered: Limited Distribution. IUCN 2003 – Critically Endangered. | Comments: | Originally described from fossil material, but since found living (Flannery and Seri, 1993; Hyndman and Menzies, 1980). See also Flannery (1995a) and Bonaccorso (1998). |
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