Nyctimene vizcaccia

O. Thomas, 1914

Umboi 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

Thomas, O. 1914-04-01. On mammals from Manus Island Admiralty Group, and Ruk Island, Bismarck Archipelago. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8)13(76):434-439.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18641195

Original name as described

Nyctimene vizcaccia

Other common names

Bismarck Tube-nosed Bat · Torresian Tube-nosed Bat · Umboi Tube-nosed Bat

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1914.4.1.31

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/38108634-44ce-4324-a6f3-6185caf3324f

Type locality

"Ruk [= Umboi] Island," Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Papua New Guinea · Solomon Islands

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004427

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 vizcaccia

O. Thomas, 1914

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

vizcaccia

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1914.4.1.31

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/38108634-44ce-4324-a6f3-6185caf3324f

Authority page

436

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18641195

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1991:47) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  2. Koopman (1993:145) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69007)
  3. Koopman (1994:36) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
  4. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #14967) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #14967) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:120) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004427) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/14967/22006804) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Nyctimene bougainville

Troughton, 1936

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

bougainville

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AM M.5787

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

349

Authority publication

Records of the Australian Museum

Nyctimene albiventer bougainville

Laurie & J. Edwards Hill, 1954

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

bougainville

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

46

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49635620

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Laurie & Hill (1954:46, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49635620) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31868)

Nyctimene cephalotes vizcaccia

Laurie & J. Edwards Hill, 1954

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

vizcaccia

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

47

Authority page URI

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

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Laurie & Hill (1954:47, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49635587) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31868)

Nyctimene albiventer minor

C. J. Phillips, 1968

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

minor

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BPBM VZ-BBM-BSIP 23636

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/bpbm/vz-bbm-bsip?id=9353b161-73db-46c4-be42-d1a295065e60

Authority page

819

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4385070

Authority publication

University of Kansas Publications, Museum of Natural History

Name usages

Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

N. v. bougainville

Koopman, 1994

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

bougainville

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

36

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

  1. Koopman (1994:36) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
  2. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  3. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:120) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

N. v. vizcaccia

Koopman, 1994

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

vizcaccia

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

36

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

  1. Koopman (1994:36) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
  2. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  3. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:120) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

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