Nyctimene certans

Andersen, 1912

Mountain Tube-nosed Fruit Bat

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Andersen, K.C. 1912-01-01. A new Nyctimene from New Guinea. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8)9(49):95-96.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18638852

Original name as described

Nyctimene certans

Other common names

Mountain Tube-nosed Bat

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1911.11.29.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/73acbc8a-1e60-43c0-a3d6-22186ffe6f4d

Type locality

"Mount Goliath, Dutch New Guinea," Indonesia.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Indonesia · Papua New Guinea

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004417

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Nyctimene certans

Andersen, 1912

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

certans

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1911.11.29.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/73acbc8a-1e60-43c0-a3d6-22186ffe6f4d

Authority page

95

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18638852

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Koopman (1993:144) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69007)
  2. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #14964) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #14964) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:118) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004417) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/14964/22007226) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Nyctimene cyclotis certans

Laurie & J. Edwards Hill, 1954

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

certans

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

47

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49635587

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Laurie & Hill (1954:47, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49635587) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31868)
  2. Koopman (1994:36) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)

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