Pteropus neohibernicus Peters 1876

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 : 341

Pteropus neohibernicus Peters 1876

Pteropus neohibernicus Peters 1876 , Monatsb. K. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1876: 317.

Type Locality: Papua New Guinea, Bismarck Arch., New Ireland Isl.

Vernacular Names: Great Flying Fox.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Pteropus neohibernicus subsp. neohibernicus Peters 1876

Subspecies Pteropus neohibernicus subsp. hilli Felten 1961

Distribution: Bismarck Arch. and Admiralty Isls ( Papua New Guinea), New Guinea, Misool and Gebi Isls, Gag Isl.

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

Discussion: neohibernicus species group. Includes sepikensis; see Koopman (1979). Also see Flannery (1995 a, b) and Bonaccorso (1998).