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Island Tube-nosed Fruit Bat
Nyctimene major (Dobson, 1877)
Also calledGroRer Rohrennasenflughund (deu) · Grote Buisneusvleermuis (nld) · Inselröhrennasenflughund (deu) · Nyctiméne géant (fra) · Rurkonos wyspowy (pol) · bismarcksaaristonputkikuono (fin) · kaloň nendonský (ces) · kaloň ostrovní (ces) · santacruzinputkikuono (fin) · Большой трубконосый крылан (rus) · オオテングフルーツコウモリ (jpn) · 섬관코과일박쥐 (kor) · 섬뿔박쥐 (kor)
First described in: Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. vol.1877 p.117
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
child_taxa
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
Order Chiroptera - Family Pteropodidae
conservation
Conservation: IUCN / SSC Action Plan (1992) – Not Threatened. IUCN 2003 – Lower Risk (lc).
Order Chiroptera - Family Pteropodidae
discussion
Discussion: cephalotes species group. Reviewed in part by Koopman (1979) and Hill (1983). See also Flannery (1995 b) and Bonaccorso (1998).
Order Chiroptera - Family Pteropodidae
distribution
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).
Order Chiroptera - Family Pteropodidae
Where it has been recorded
Recorded sightings
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 5218633.