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SPECIES Mosia nigrescens
Author: | Gray, 1843. | Citation: | Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., [ser. 1], 11: 117. | Common Name: | Dark Sheath-tailed Bat | Type Locality: | Indonesia, Molucca Isls, Amboina Isl. | Distribution: | New Guinea; New Ireland (Papua New Guinea); Kai Isls, Halmahera Isls, Schouten Isls, Sulawesi, Moluccas Isls; Waigeo Isl. (Prov. of Papua, Indonesia), Bismarck Arch. (Papua New Guinea); Solomon Isls; adjacent small islands. | Status: | IUCN 2003 and IUCN/SSC Action Plan (2001) – Lower Risk (lc). | Comments: | Includes papuana; see Laurie and Hill (1954) and Hill (1983). Includes solomonis, considered a distinct species by McKean (1972). See Flannery (1995a, b) and Bonaccorso (1998). |
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