Melonycteris (Melonycteris) melanops Dobson 1877

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Chiroptera - Family Pteropodidae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 313-350 : 327

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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.7316519

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11340027

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scientific name

Melonycteris (Melonycteris) melanops Dobson 1877
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Melonycteris (Melonycteris) melanops Dobson 1877 View in CoL

Melonycteris (Melonycteris) melanops Dobson 1877 View in CoL , Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1877: 119.

Type Locality: Given by Andersen (1912:790) as " New Ireland, coast adjacent to Duke of York Isl." ( Papua New Guinea, Bismarck Arch.).

Vernacular Names: Black-bellied Fruit Bat.

Synonyms: Melonycteris (Melonycteris) alboscapulatus Ramsay 1877 .

Distribution: Bismarck Arch.; a New Guinea record is highly questionable ( Flannery, 1993 b).

Conservation: IUCN / SSC Action Plan (1992) – Not Threatened. IUCN 2003 – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Subgenus Melonycteris . Reviewed by Flannery (1993 b); also see Flannery (1995 b) and Bonaccorso (1998).

SSC

Sacramento State University

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Chiroptera

Family

Pteropodidae

Genus

Melonycteris

Loc

Melonycteris (Melonycteris) melanops Dobson 1877

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn 2005
2005
Loc

Melonycteris (Melonycteris) melanops

Dobson 1877: 119
1877
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