Pteropus capistratus Peters 1876

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Chiroptera - Family Pteropodidae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 313-350 : 336

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scientific name	Pteropus capistratus Peters 1876
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Pteropus capistratus Peters 1876 , Monatsb. K. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1876: 316.

Type Locality: Papua New Guinea. The type locality was initially given as New Ireland Isl., but this is clearly incorrect (see Flannery and White, 1991). The type locality is probably the Duke of York group or New Britain Isl.

Vernacular Names: Bismark Masked Flying Fox.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Pteropus capistratus subsp. capistratus Peters 1876

Subspecies Pteropus capistratus subsp. ennisae Flannery and White 1991

Distribution: Bismarck Arch. ( Papua New Guinea).

Conservation: CITES – Appendix II. IUCN / SSC Action Plan (1992) – No Data as P. temmincki capistratus . IUCN 2003 – Not listed.

Discussion: Formerly regarded as a subspecies of temmincki , but apparently distinct; see Flannery (1995 b). See also Flannery and White (1991) and Bonaccorso (1998).