Authority citation: Thomas, O. 1900-02-01. Description of a new fruit-bat from New Guinea. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7)5(26):216-217.
Authority publication link: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24340184
Original name as described: Cephalotes aello
Nominal names: aello (O. Thomas, 1900) | celaeno O. Thomas, 1922
Other common names: Greater Tube-nosed Bat|Dark Tube-nosed Fruit Bat
Taxonomy
Subclass: Theria -- Infraclass: Placentalia -- Order: Chiroptera -- Family: Pteropodidae -- Subfamily: Nyctimeninae
Type specimen voucher catalogue number: BMNH:Mamm:1899.12.3.1
Type locality: "Milne Bay [Milne Bay Province], S.E. [Papua] New Guinea.
Country distribution (coarse map shown below; most species exist in only part of countries): Indonesia (IDN) | Papua New Guinea (PNG)
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: Least concern
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