Pteropus capistratus
W. C. H. Peters, 1876
New Britain Masked 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
Authority citation
Peters, W.C.H. 1876. Hr. W. Peters machte eine Mittheilung über die Pelzrobbe von den Inseln St. Paul und Amsterdam und über die von S. M. S. Gazelle mitgebrachten Flederthiere. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1876:315-319.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35329673Original name as described
Pteropus capistratus
Other common names
Bismarck Masked Flying Fox
Type material
ZMB 4998, ZMB 4999
Type kind
syntypes
Type locality
"Neu-Irland [= New Ireland]," Papua New Guinea.
Biogeographic realm
Australasia
Country distribution
Papua New Guinea
Taxonomy notes
previously included P. ennisae
Taxonomy notes citation
Almeida, F.C., Giannini, N.P., Simmons, N.B., Helgen, K.M. 2014. Each flying fox on its own branch: A phylogenetic tree for Pteropus and related genera (Chiroptera: pteropodidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 77: 83-95.
IUCN Red List status
Vulnerable
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