Pteropus neohibernicus
W. C. H. Peters, 1876
Great 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
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/35329674Original name as described
Pteropus melanopogon var. neohibernicus
Other common names
Greater Flying Fox
Type material
ZMB 4994, ZMB 4995
Type kind
syntypes
Type locality
"Neu-Irland [= New Ireland Island]," Papua New Guinea.
Biogeographic realm
Australasia
Country distribution
Indonesia · Papua New Guinea
IUCN Red List status
Least Concern
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