Melonycteris melanops

Dobson, 1877

Black-bellied Blossom Bat

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Chiroptera
Suborder : Pteropodiformes
Superfamily : Pteropodoidea
Family : Pteropodidae
Subfamily : Pteropodinae
Tribe : Melonycterini
Genus : Melonycteris

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Dobson, G.E. 1877-06. On a collection of Chiroptera from Duke-Of-York Island and adjacent parts of New Ireland and New Britain. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1877(1):114-123.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28510687

Original name as described

Melonycteris melanops

Other common names

Bismarck Blossom Bat · Black-bellied Bat · Black-bellied Fruit Bat

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1877.7.18.10

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/cc3f510d-8cd9-43cc-9852-8dad6074eece

Type locality

"Duke-of-York Island and the adjacent coasts of New Ireland and New Britain." Restricted by K. Andersen in 1912 to "New Ireland."

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Papua New Guinea

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004431

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.

Pteropus (Cheiropteruges) alboscapulatus

(Ramsay, 1877)

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

alboscapulata

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AM PA.1271

Type kind

lectotype

Authority page

17

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3341570

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales

Name usages

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

Melonycteris melanops

Dobson, 1877

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

melanops

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1877.7.18.10

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/cc3f510d-8cd9-43cc-9852-8dad6074eece

Authority page

119

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28510687

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:43) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:117) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #13139) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #13139) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:129) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004431) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/13139/21977021) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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