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
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.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43000056Original 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 specimen URI
http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1908-258 http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1908-259 http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1908-260Type 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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