Fardoulis's Blossom Bat
Nesonycteris fardoulisi (Flannery, 1993)
Also calledFardoulis-Blitenflughund (deu) · Fardoulis-Blütenflughund (deu) · Mélonyctére de Fardoulis (fra) · Pipistrello di Fardoulis (ita) · Solomonowiec kwiatowy (pol) · ソロモンフルーツコウモリ (jpn)
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
activity
Activity patterns. Fardoulis’s Blossom Bat is nocturnal and might roost in foliage.
Pteropodidae
biology_ecology
Habitat. Primary montane tropical forests, lowland forests, rural gardens, and disturbed areas. Male and female Fardoulis’s Blossom Bats might forage separately and within distinct habitats because males seem to be found more often in disturbed habitats, but this has not been confirmed.
Pteropodidae
biology_ecology
Movements, Home range and Social organization. Fardoulis’s Blossom Bat seems to be solitary.
Pteropodidae
conservation
Status and Conservation. Classified as Least Concern on The IUCN Red List (as Melonycteris fardoulisi). Fardoulis’s Blossom Bat is variably common or rare throughout its distribution. It is found in various disturbed areas and seems to tolerate human disturbance. Habitat destruction from logging and agricultural expansion might be its biggest threats in the future.
Pteropodidae
Where it has been recorded
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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Every page naming Nesonycteris fardoulisi in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 11115397.