Melonycteris (Nesonycteris) woodfordi Thomas 1887

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Chiroptera - Family Pteropodidae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 313-350 : 327

Melonycteris (Nesonycteris) woodfordi Thomas 1887

Melonycteris (Nesonycteris) woodfordi Thomas 1887 , Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 5, 19: 147.

Type Locality: Solomon Isls, Western Province, Alu Isl (near Shortland Isl) .

Vernacular Names: Woodford's Fruit Bat.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Melonycteris (Nesonycteris) woodfordi subsp. woodfordi Thomas 1887

Subspecies Melonycteris (Nesonycteris) woodfordi subsp. aurantius Phillips 1966

Distribution: Bougainville and Buka Isls ( Papua New Guinea), N and W Solomon Isls.

Conservation: IUCN / SSC Action Plan (1992) – Not Threatened as M. woodfordi, No Data : Limited Distribution as M. aurantius . IUCN 2003 – Lower Risk (lc) as M. woodfordi ; Vulnerable as M. aurantius .

Discussion: Subgenus Nesonycteris . Includes aurantius ; see Flannery (1993 b). Also see Flannery (1995 b) and Bonaccorso (1998).