Pteropus admiralitatum
O. Thomas, 1894
Admiralty Flying Fox
Taxonomy
| Subclass | : Theria |
| Infraclass | : Placentalia |
| Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
| Superorder | : Laurasiatheria |
| Order | : Chiroptera |
| Suborder | : Pteropodiformes |
| Superfamily | : Pteropodoidea |
| Family | : Pteropodidae |
| Subfamily | : Pteropodinae |
| Tribe | : Pteropodini |
| Genus | : Pteropus |
Species status
Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005
Authority citation
Thomas, O. 1894-03-01. Diagnosis of a new Pteropus from the Admiralty Islands. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (6)13(75):293.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19242651Original name as described
Pteropus admiralitatum
Type material
BMNH:Mamm:1880.11.24.4
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/9ac7b694-f371-41cb-a997-05641b803cacType locality
"Admiralty Islands," Papua New Guinea.
Biogeographic realm
Australasia
Country distribution
Papua New Guinea · Solomon Islands
IUCN Red List status
Least Concern
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