Notopteris neocaledonicus

Trouessart, 1908

New Caledonia Long-tailed Fruit Bat

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Chiroptera
Suborder : Pteropodiformes
Superfamily : Pteropodoidea
Family : Pteropodidae
Subfamily : Notopterisinae
Genus : Notopteris

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Trouessart, É.L. 1908. _Notopteris macdonaldi neocaledonica_ nov. subsp., Chiroptère nouveau pour la faune de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. Bulletin du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (1)14:257-259.

Original name as described

Notopteris macdonaldi neocaledonica

Other common names

New Caledonian Blossom Bat

Type material

MNHN-ZM-MO-1908-258, MNHN-ZM-MO-1908-259, MNHN-ZM-MO-1908-260

Type kind

syntypes

Type locality

"la Roche d'Adio, dans la vallée de Nekliaï, près de Poya (Nouvelle-Calédonie) [= Adio Rock, in the Nekliai Valley, near Poya (New Caledonia)]."

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

New Caledonia

Taxonomy notes

has been spelt 'neocaledonica', but the genus Notopteris is considered masculine following Article 30.1.4.5 of the code, and 'neocaledonicus' is used here

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

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