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Boneia bidens Jentink, 1879

Manado Fruit Bat

Authority citation: Jentink, F.A. 1879. On a new genus and species of bat from Celebes. Notes from the Royal Zoological Museum of the Netherlands at Leyden 1:117-119.

Authority publication link: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9630996

Original name as described: Boneia bidens

Nominal names: bidens Jentink, 1879 | menadensis O. Thomas, 1896

Other common names: Manado Rousette


Taxonomy

Subclass: Theria -- Infraclass: Placentalia -- Order: Chiroptera -- Family: Pteropodidae -- Subfamily: Harpyionycterinae -- Tribe: Harpyionycterini

Type specimen voucher catalogue number: RMNH.MAM.38015.a, RMNH.MAM.38015.b

Type locality: "Celebes [= Sulawesi, Indonesia], Boné [= near Gerontalo]."

Country distribution (coarse map shown below; most species exist in only part of countries): Indonesia (IDN)

Species Status: This species is currently living, it lives in wild habitats, its taxonomic status is currently accepted, and it is listed in MSW3 2005.

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species status: Vulnerable


Species-specific notes: moved to Boneia from Rousettus in many recent taxonomies, summarized in the given publication
Citation: Almeida, F. C., Giannini, N. P., & Simmons, N. B. (2016). The evolutionary history of the African fruit bats (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae). Acta Chiropterologica, 18(1), 73-108.


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