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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER CHIROPTERA
--> FAMILY Pteropodidae
--> GENUS Nyctimene
SPECIES Nyctimene vizcaccia
| Author: | Thomas, 1914. | | Citation: | Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 8, 13: 436. | | Common Name: | Umboi Tube-nosed Fruit Bat | | Type Locality: | Papua New Guinea, Morobe Province, Umboi Isl. | | Distribution: | Bismarck Arch., Bougainville Isl, Solomon Isls (N of Malaita only). | | Status: | IUCN/SSC Action Plan (1992) – Not Threatened. IUCN 2003 – Lower Risk (lc). | | Comments: | albiventer species group. Includes bougainville; see Smith and Hood (1983), but also see Flannery (1995b), who considered the latter to be a distinct species while treating vizcacaia as a synonym of albiventer. Includes minor, but see Peterson (1991). Formerly included in cephalotes, but see Smith and Hood (1983). Reviewed by Bergmans (2001); also see Bonaccorso (1998). May include malaitensis. |
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