Emballonura beccarii Peters and Doria 1881

Emballonura beccarii Peters and Doria 1881, Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. Genova, 16: 693.

Type Locality: Indonesia, Prov. of Papua, Tjenderawasih Div., Yapen Isl, Ansus.

Vernacular Names: Beccari's Sheath-tailed Bat.

Subspecies::

Subspecies Emballonura beccarii subsp. beccarii Peters and Doria 1881

Subspecies Emballonura beccarii subsp. clavium Thomas 1915

Subspecies Emballonura beccarii subsp. meeki Thomas 1896

Distribution: New Guinea, Kai Isls, Biak, Ypen, Trobriand Isls, Bougainville, New Ireland (Bismarck Arch.) and nearby smaller islands.

Conservation: IUCN 2003 and IUCN / SSC Action Plan (2001) – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: alecto species group. See Flannery (1995 a, b) and Bonaccorso (1998).