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

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

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/16334742

Original 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-aa65-10870b9acef9

Type 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

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004433

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.

Nesonycteris woodfordi

O. Thomas, 1887

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

woodfordi

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1887.1.18.9

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/c00179b7-6e79-41bb-aa65-10870b9acef9

Authority page

147

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16334742

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Laurie & Hill (1954:45, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49635621) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31868)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:43) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:130) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004433) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  5. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/13140/21977332) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Melonycteris aurantius

(C. J. Phillips, 1966)

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

aurantia

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BPBM VZ-BBM-BSIP 24440

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/bpbm/vz-bbm-bsip?id=d973553d-ce1d-486d-9910-2b44eaaafd5b

Authority page

24

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalogy

Name usages

  1. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:117) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1991:48) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  3. Koopman (1993:154) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69007)
  4. Koopman (1994:39) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)

Nesonycteris aurantius

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

aurantia

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

43

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Corbet & Hill (1980:43) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)

Melonycteris woodfordi

(Honacki, Kinman, & Koeppl, 1982)

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

woodfordi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

117

Authority publication

Lawrence

Name usages

  1. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:117) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1991:48) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  3. Koopman (1993:154) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69007)
  4. Koopman (1994:39) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
  5. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #13140) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #13140) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)

Melonycteris fardoulisi schouteni

(Flannery, 1993)

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

schouteni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AM M.18841

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

72

Authority publication

Records of the Australian Museum

Name usages

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

Melonycteris woodfordi aurantius

(Simmons, 2005)

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

aurantia

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Melonycteris woodfordi woodfordi

(Simmons, 2005)

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

woodfordi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Nesonycteris woodfordi aurantius

D. E. Wilson & Mittermeier, 2019

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

aurantia

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

130

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:130) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Nesonycteris fardoulisi schouteni

D. E. Wilson & Mittermeier, 2019

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

schouteni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

130

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:130) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Nesonycteris woodfordi woodfordi

D. E. Wilson & Mittermeier, 2019

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

woodfordi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

130

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:130) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

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