Syconycteris hobbit

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Yinpterochiroptera

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Cladotheria Cladus: Prototribosphenida Cladus: Zatheria Cladus: Tribosphenida Cladus: Boreosphenida Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Cladus: Scrotifera Ordo: Chiroptera Subordo: Yinpterochiroptera

Familia: Pteropodidae
Subfamilia: Macroglossusinae
Genus: Syconycteris
Species: Syconycteris hobbit

Name

Syconycteris hobbit Ziegler, 1982

• Type locality: Bulldog road, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea.
• Holotype: Catalog No. BBM-NG 96644; adult ♀; alcoholic with cleaned skull; from Papua New Guinea, Morobe Province, Bulldog Road, 19± km S of Edie Creek (town), 2400± m, (approximate coordinates 7° 31' S, 146° 40' E); collected 10 June 1968, by Abid Beg Mirza.
• Paratypes: Five, all Bishop Museum Vertebrate Zoology Catalog Nos., as follows. Papua New Guinea, Morobe Province', Bulldog Road, 19± km S. Edie Creek (town): BBM-NG 28923, subadult ♂, study skin and skull, 2440± m, 13 August 1963, Harold W. Clissold; BBM-NG 52394, adult ♀, and 52398, subadult ♂, both study skin and skull, 2405± m, 11 July 1966, Nixon A. Wilson. Papua New Guinea, Morobe Province, Mt. Kaindi, 2300± m, (approximate coordinates 7° 21' S, 146° 43' E): BBM-NG 51176, subadult ♀, study skin and skull, 14 July 1967, Philip H. Col- man; BBM-NG 53430, subadult ♀, entire alcoholic, 4 July 1967, Alan C. Ziegler.

References

• Ziegler, A.C. 1982. The Australo-Papuan genus Syconycteris (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae) with the description of a new Papua New Guinea species. Occasional Papers of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum of Polynesian Ethnology and Natural History 25(5): 5. PDF.

Distribution

• New Guinea.

Vernacular names

English: Moss-forest Blossom Bat