Chaerephon jobensis Miller 1902

Chaerephon jobensis Miller 1902, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., 15: 246.

Type Locality: Indonesia, Prov. of Papua, Tjenderawasih Div. [= Geelvinck Bay], Yapen Isl [= Jobi Isl], Ansus.

Vernacular Names: Northern Mastiff Bat.

Subspecies::

Subspecies Chaerephon jobensis subsp. jobensis Miller 1902

Subspecies Chaerephon jobensis subsp. colonicus Thomas 1906

Distribution: Seram (Moluccas), Yapen Isl (Indonesia), New Guinea, N and C Australia.

Conservation: IUCN 2003 and IUCN / SSC Action Plan (2001) – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: plicatus species group. Listed as a subspecies of plicatus by Laurie and Hill (1954), but subsequently recognized as distinct by most authors. Revised by Felten (1964 a), who included bregullae and solomonis; also see Hill (1983). In contrast, Flannery (1995 a, b) treated bregullae and solomonis as distinct species based on morphological differences. The latter arrangement is provisionally followed here.