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.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53885916Original 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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