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--> GENUS Chaerephon
SPECIES Chaerephon solomonis
Author: | Troughton, 1931. | Citation: | Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., 56: 201. | Common Name: | Solomons Mastiff Bat | Type Locality: | Solomon Isls, SW coast of Ysabel Isl, 6 mi. (9 km) W of Tuarugu Village, cave at Mufu Point. | Distribution: | Solomon Isls. | Status: | IUCN 2003 and IUCN/SSC Action Plan (2001) – Lower Risk (nt). | Comments: | plicatus species group. Often included in jobensis (e.g. Felten, 1964a; Hill, 1983), but provisionally recognized as distinct following Flannery (1995b). |
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