Pteropus capistratus Peters, 1876
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.1869.1.1 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5133934 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03E787D2-890A-FFAF-FF06-8D7EC006FED7 |
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Felipe |
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Pteropus capistratus Peters, 1876 |
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Pteropus capistratus Peters, 1876 View in CoL
Peters, W.C.H. (1876) Mittheilung über die Pelzrobbe von den Inseln St. Paul und Amsterdam und über die von S.M.S. Gazelle mitgebrachten Flederthiere. Monatsberichte der Königlich Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, 1876: 316 [315–319].
Valid name: Pteropus capistratus Peters, 1876
Syntypes (identified by Andersen 1912: 321): ZMB 4998 View Materials , skin, male, subadult. ZMB 4999 View Materials , skin and skull, female, subadult. Both from New Ireland, Papua-New Guinea; collector unknown; Expedition S.M.S “Gazelle” 1876 .
Comment: The New Ireland population probably represents a distinct subspecies Pteropus capistratus ennisae (see Flannery & White, 1991).
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