Umboi Tube-nosed Fruit Bat
Nyctimene vizcaccia Thomas, 1914
Also calledBismarck-Röhrennasenflughund (deu) · Nyctiméne d'Umboi (fra) · Ruk-Röhrennasenflughund (deu) · Rurkonos archipelagowy (pol) · Umboi-Réhrennasenflughund (deu) · häntäputkikuono (fin) · kaloň vizkačí (ces) · ビスカックテングフルーツコウモリ (jpn) · 움보이관코과일박쥐 (kor)
First described in: Thomas, & Oldfield. (1914). On mammals from Manus Island Admiralty Group, and Ruk Island, Bismark Archipelago. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Including Zoology, Botany, and Geology, Vol. 13, No. 76.
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
child_taxa
Subspecies:: Subspecies Nyctimene vizcaccia subsp. vizcaccia Thomas 1914 Subspecies Nyctimene vizcaccia subsp. bougainville Troughton 1936
Order Chiroptera - Family Pteropodidae
conservation
Conservation: IUCN / SSC Action Plan (1992) – Not Threatened. IUCN 2003 – Lower Risk (lc).
Order Chiroptera - Family Pteropodidae
discussion
Discussion: albiventer species group. Includes bougainville; see Smith and Hood (1983), but also see Flannery (1995 b), who considered the latter to be a distinct species while treating vizcacaia as a synonym of albiventer. Includes minor, but see Peterson (1991). Formerly included in cephalotes, but see Smith and Hood (1983). Reviewed by Bergmans (2001); also see Bonaccorso (1998). May include malaitensis.
Order Chiroptera - Family Pteropodidae
distribution
Distribution: Bismarck Arch., Bougainville Isl, Solomon Isls (N of Malaita only).
Order Chiroptera - Family Pteropodidae
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 5218629.