Pteropus neohibernicus Peters, 1876 . Monatsb. K. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1876:317.

TYPE LOCALITY: Papua New Guinea, Bismarck Arch., New Ireland Isl .

DISTRIBUTION: Bismarck Arch, and Admiralty Isis ( Papua New Guinea), New Guinea, Mysol and Ghebi Isl.

STATUS: CITES - Appendix II.

SYNONYMS: coronatus, degener, hilli, papuanus, sepikensis.

COMMENTS: Includes sepikensis; see Koopman (1979:5).