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--> FAMILY Pteropodidae
--> GENUS Nyctimene
SPECIES Nyctimene cephalotes
| Author: | Pallas, 1767. | | Citation: | Spicil. Zool., 3: 10. | | Common Name: | Pallas's Tube-nosed Fruit Bat | | Type Locality: | Indonesia, Maluku, Ambon Isl; see Andersen (1912) for discussion. | | Distribution: | Indonesia: Sulawesi, Sula Isls; Seram, Boano, Ambon, and Buru Isls (Molucca Isls); extreme S New Guinea and Moa Isl (Australia). Records reported from Timor probably represent keasti; see Kitchener et al. (1995c). A record from Numfor Isl (off N coast New Guinea) represents an undescribed species, and another undescribed species occurs in the Sangihe Isls (K. Helgen, pers. comm.). | | Status: | IUCN/SSC Action Plan (1992) – Not Threatened. IUCN 2003 – Lower Risk (lc). | | Comments: | cephalotes species group. Does not include vizcaccia; see Smith and Hood (1983). Revised by Kitchener et al. (1995c). Also see Heaney and Peterson (1984), Flannery (1995b), Bonaccorso (1998), Bergmans (2001), and Kompanje and Moeliker (2001). |
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