Mosia nigrescens Gray 1843

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Chiroptera - Family Emballonuridae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 381-391 : 389

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scientific name	Mosia nigrescens Gray 1843
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Treatment

Mosia nigrescens Gray 1843 , Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 1, 11: 117.

Type Locality: Indonesia, Molucca Isls, Amboina Isl.

Vernacular Names: Dark Sheath-tailed Bat.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Mosia nigrescens subsp. nigrescens Gray 1843

Subspecies Mosia nigrescens subsp. papuana Thomas 1914

Subspecies Mosia nigrescens subsp. solomonis Thomas 1904

Distribution: New Guinea; New Ireland ( Papua New Guinea); Kai Isls, Halmahera Isls, Schouten Isls, Sulawesi, Moluccas Isls; Waigeo Isl. (Prov. of Papua, Indonesia), Bismarck Arch. ( Papua New Guinea); Solomon Isls; adjacent small islands.

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

Discussion: Includes papuana; see Laurie and Hill (1954) and Hill (1983). Includes solomonis, considered a distinct species by McKean (1972). See Flannery (1995 a, b) and Bonaccorso (1998).