Nyctimene malaitensis

C. J. Phillips, 1968

Malaita 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

Phillips, C.J. 1968. Systematics of megachiropteran bats in the Solomon Islands. University of Kansas Publications, Museum of Natural History 16(8):777-837.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4385085

Original name as described

Nyctimene malaitensis

Other common names

Malaita Tube-nosed Bat

Type material

BPBM VZ-BBM-BSIP 24103

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/bpbm/vz-bbm-bsip?id=99525bdd-2ae9-4987-8d35-bd01318ebb56

Type locality

Malaita Island, Solomon Islands.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Solomon Islands

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004422

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 malaitensis

C. J. Phillips, 1968

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

malaitensis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BPBM VZ-BBM-BSIP 24103

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/bpbm/vz-bbm-bsip?id=99525bdd-2ae9-4987-8d35-bd01318ebb56

Authority page

822

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4385085

Authority publication

University of Kansas Publications, Museum of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:42) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:119) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #14958) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #14958) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:120) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004422) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/14958/22008343) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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