Mosia nigrescens (Gray, 1843)

Karl F. Koopman, 1993, Order Chiroptera, Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. 137-241 : 158

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scientific name	Mosia nigrescens (Gray, 1843)
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Mosia nigrescens (Gray, 1843) View in CoL View at ENA . Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., [ser. 1], 11:117.

TYPE LOCALITY: Indonesia, Molucca Isis, Amboina Isl .

DISTRIBUTION: New Guinea; Kei Isis, Halmahera Isis, Schouten Isis, Sulawesi, Amboina, and Buru ( Indonesia); Bismarck Arch. ( Papua New Guinea ); Solomon Isis; adjacent small islands.

SYNONYMS: papuana , solomonis .

COMMENTS: Subgenus Mosia . Includes papuana ; see Laurie and Hill (1954:49). Includes solomonis , considered a distinct species by McKean (1972:35).

References

Laurie, E. M. O., and J. E. Hill. 1954. List of land mammals of New Guinea, Celebes and adjacent islands 1758 - 1952. British Museum (Natural History) Publications, London, 175 pp.

McKean, J. L. 1972. Notes on some collections of bats (Order Chiroptera) from Papua-New Guinea and Bougainville Island. Division of Wildlife, Research Technical Paper, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, Australia, 26: 1 - 35.