Erwin J.O. Kompanje & Cornelis W. Moeliker (page 143-167)
Some fruit bats from remote Moluccan and West-Papuan Islands, with the description of a new subspecies of Macroglossus minimus (Megachiroptera: Pteropodidae)

Recently collected bat specimens from the remote Moluccan and West-Papuan islands of Boano, Kasa, Haruku, Wai, Kri and Boo are described. The material consists of the following pteropodid species (localities between brackets): Rousettus amplexicaudatus (Kasa), Pteropus conspicillatus (Wai, Kri), Nyctimene cephalotes (Boano), Syconycteris australis (Haruku, Boano) and Macroglossus minimus (Boano, Boo). They all represent new island records. A specimen of Macroglossus minimus from the Boo Islands is described here as a subspecies new to science. Among the compararative material a recently collected specimen of Macroglossus minimus from the Tanimbar Islands was discovered. This also appeared to be a new island record for this species.

Correspondence: dr E.J.O. Kompanje & C.W. Moeliker, Natuurhistorisch Museum Rotterdam, P.O. Box 23452, NL-3001 KL Rotterdam, the Netherlands; e-mail: moeliker@nmr.nl

Key words: bats; Pteropodidae; biogeography; taxonomy; Indonesia; Moluccas; West-Papuan Islands; Rousettus amplexicaudatus; Pteropus conspicillatus; Nyctimene cephalotes; Syconycteris australis; Macroglossus minimus.

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