Nyctimene albiventer Gray 1862

Nyctimene albiventer Gray 1862, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1862: 262.

Type Locality: Indonesia, Maluku, Morotai Isl.

Vernacular Names: Common Tube-nosed Fruit Bat.

Subspecies::

Subspecies Nyctimene albiventer subsp. albiventer Gray 1862

Subspecies Nyctimene albiventer subsp. papuanus K. Andersen 1910

Distribution: New Guinea, Molucca Isls.

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

Discussion: albiventer species group. Does not include draconilla; see Hill (1983). Does not include bougainville, which Smith and Hood (1983) placed in vizcaccia . Includes papuanus, see Kitchener et al. (1995 c). Peterson (1991) treated papuanus as a distinct species but provided no comparisons with albiventer . Does not include keasti; see Kitchener et al. (1995 c). Also see Flannery (1995 a, b). Aru Isl population has not been allocated to subspecies; see Kitchener et al. (1995 c). Reviewed by Bergmans (2001).