Nyctimene major Dobson 1877

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 : 330

Nyctimene major Dobson 1877

Nyctimene major Dobson 1877 , Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1877: 117.

Type Locality: Papua New Guinea, Bismarck Arch., Duke of York Isl.

Vernacular Names: Island Tube-nosed Fruit Bat.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Nyctimene major subsp. major Dobson 1877

Subspecies Nyctimene major subsp. geminus K. Andersen 1910

Subspecies Nyctimene major subsp. lullulae Thomas 1904

Subspecies Nyctimene major subsp. scitulus K. Andersen 1910

Distribution: D'Entrecasteaux Isls, Trobriand Isls, Bismarck and Louisiade Archs. ( Papua New Guinea), Solomon Isls, and small islands off the north coast of New Guinea. A New Guinea mainland record is almost certainly erroneous; see Koopman (1979).

Conservation: IUCN / SSC Action Plan (1992) – Not Threatened. IUCN 2003 – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: cephalotes species group. Reviewed in part by Koopman (1979) and Hill (1983). See also Flannery (1995 b) and Bonaccorso (1998).