Nesonycteris woodfordi
O. Thomas, 1887
Woodford's Blossom Bat
Taxonomy
Subclass | : Theria |
Infraclass | : Placentalia |
Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
Superorder | : Laurasiatheria |
Order | : Chiroptera |
Suborder | : Pteropodiformes |
Superfamily | : Pteropodoidea |
Family | : Pteropodidae |
Subfamily | : Pteropodinae |
Tribe | : Melonycterini |
Genus | : Nesonycteris |
Species status
Authority citation
Thomas, O. 1887-02-01. Diagnoses of two new fruit-eating bats from the Solomon Islands. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (5)19(110):147.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16334742Original name as described
Nesonycteris woodfordi
Other common names
Woodford's Fruit Bat
Type material
BMNH:Mamm:1887.1.18.9
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/c00179b7-6e79-41bb-aa65-10870b9acef9Type locality
"Shortland and Fauro Islands, western part of Solomon group [= Islands]."
Biogeographic realm
Australasia
Country distribution
Papua New Guinea · Solomon Islands
Taxonomy notes
includes the name schouteni, which was initially considered a subspecies of N. fardoulisi; moved from Melonycteris to Nesonycteris.
Taxonomy notes citation
Almeida, F. C., Simmons, N. B., & Giannini, N. P. (2020). A Species-level Phylogeny of Old World Fruit Bats with a New Higher-level Classification of the Family Pteropodidae. American Museum Novitates, 2020(3950), 1-24. · Lavery, T. H., DeCicco, L. H., Olson, K. V., Holland, P. S., & Moyle, R. G. (2023). Phylogeography of Solomon Islands blossom bats reflects oceanic divides and Pleistocene connections. Journal of Biogeography, 00, 1-12.
IUCN Red List status
Least Concern
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