Melonycteris melanops

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Yinpterochiroptera
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Zatheria Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Cladus: Scrotifera Ordo: Chiroptera Subordo: Yinpterochiroptera

Melonycteris melanops Dobson, 1877: 119

Holotype: BMNH 1877.7.18.10, adult ♂, skin and skull, collected by Rev. George Brown.
Type locality: “Duke-of-York Island and adjacents coasts of New Ireland and New Britain”, restricted “Duke of York Island” by Dobson (1878: 98) and to “New Ireland” by Andersen (1912: 790).
Paratype: BMNH 1877.7.18.16, adult ♀, skin with skull extracted, same data as for the holotype.

Pteropus (Chieropteruges) alboscapulatus Ramsay, 1877: 17 [synonymised by Dobson (1878: 97)]
- Holotype: AM P1271, adult ♂, skin with skull inside, collected by Rev. George Brown.
- Type locality: “Duke of York Island”.

Papua New Guinea: Bismarck archipelago: New Ireland, Duke of York, Mioko, New Britain, Tolokiwa, Umboi and Dyual islands.

Dobson, G.E. 1877. On a collection of Chiroptera from Duke-of-York Island and adjacent parts of New Ireland and New Britain. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1877: 114–173. BHL
Ramsay, E.P. 1877. Descriptions of two supposed new species of Mus and of a pteropodine bat, of a new genus, from the Duke of York Island. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2: 15–19. BHL

Pennay, M. 2021. IUCN: Melonycteris melanops (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T13139A21977021. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T13139A21977021.en. Accessed on 10 March 2023.

English: Bismarck Blossom Bat