Mormopterus beccarii Peters 1881

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Chiroptera - Family Molossidae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 432-451 : 444

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scientific name	Mormopterus beccarii Peters 1881
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Mormopterus beccarii Peters 1881 , Monatsb. K. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1881: 484.

Type Locality: Indonesia, Molucca Isls, Amboina Isl.

Vernacular Names: Beccari's Mastiff Bat.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Mormopterus beccarii subsp. beccarii Peters 1881

Subspecies Mormopterus beccarii subsp. astrolabiensis Meyer 1899

Distribution: Molucca Isls, New Guinea, adjacent small islands, N Australia.

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

Discussion: norfolkensis species group. Includes astrolabiensis, see Freeman (1981) and Hill (1983), also see Flannery (1995 a, b) and Bonaccorso (1998). Peterson et al. (1995) listed astrolabiensis as a distinct species with no comment.