Cynopterus nusatenggara

D. J. Kitchener & Maharadatunkamsi, 1991

Nusatenggara Short-nosed Fruit Bat

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Chiroptera
Suborder : Pteropodiformes
Superfamily : Pteropodoidea
Family : Pteropodidae
Subfamily : Cynopterinae
Tribe : Cynopterini
Genus : Cynopterus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Kitchener, D.J. and Maharadatunkamsi. 1991. Description of a new species of Cynopterus (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae) from Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 15(2):307-363.

Original name as described

Cynopterus nusatenggara

Type material

WAM M31335

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Desa Belo, Jerewah, West Sumbawa Island, Nusa Tenggara Barat, Indonesia (8°52'S, 116°50'E) … from the boundary between dense, tall, mixed evergreen lowland rainforest and ricefields at an altitude of ± 40 m."

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya · Australasia

Country distribution

Indonesia · East Timor

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

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