Nyctimene cephalotes (Pallas 1767)

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 : 329

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scientific name	Nyctimene cephalotes (Pallas 1767)
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[Vespertilio] cephalotes Pallas 1767 , Spicil. Zool., 3: 10.

Type Locality: Indonesia, Maluku, Ambon Isl; see Andersen (1912) for discussion.

Vernacular Names: Pallas's Tube-nosed Fruit Bat.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Nyctimene cephalotes subsp. cephalotes Pallas 1767

Subspecies Nyctimene cephalotes subsp. aplini Kitchener 1995

Distribution: Indonesia: Sulawesi, Sula Isls; Seram, Boano, Ambon, and Buru Isls (Molucca Isls); extreme S New Guinea and Moa Isl ( Australia). Records reported from Timor probably represent keasti ; see Kitchener et al. (1995 c). A record from Numfor Isl (off N coast New Guinea) represents an undescribed species, and another undescribed species occurs in the Sangihe Isls (K. Helgen, pers. comm.).

Conservation: IUCN / SSC Action Plan (1992) – Not Threatened. IUCN 2003 – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: cephalotes species group. Does not include vizcaccia ; see Smith and Hood (1983). Revised by Kitchener et al. (1995 c). Also see Heaney and Peterson (1984), Flannery (1995 b), Bonaccorso (1998), Bergmans (2001), and Kompanje and Moeliker (2001).