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Tables of Contents for Bats of Papua New Guinea
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Acknowledgments
9
6
Patterns and Perspectives: The Bat Fauna of Papua New Guinea
15
410
The Bats of Papua New Guinea
Using This Field Guide
29
5
Classification of the Bats of Papua New Guinea
34
7
Glossary
41
14
Keys to the Bats of Papua New Guinea
55
14
Suborder Megachiroptera: Megabats
Family Pteropodidae: Old Word Fruit Bats or Flying Foxes
69
144
Subfamily Pteropodinae: Flying Foxes, Roussette Bats, and Bare-backed Bats
71
12
Aproteles bulmerae, Bulmer's Fruit Bat
83
4
Dobsonia anderseni, Andersen's Bare-Backed Bat
87
3
Dobsonia inermis, Solomons Bare-Backed Bat
90
3
Dobsonia minor, Lesser Bare-Backed Bat
93
3
Dobsonia moluccensis, Greater Bare-Backed Bat
96
4
Dobsonia pannietensis, Panaeati Bare-Backed Bat
100
3
Dobsonia praedatrix, New Britain Bare-Backed Bat
103
3
Pteralopex anceps, Bougainville's Fruit Bat
106
2
Pteropus admiralitatum, Admiralty Flying Fox
108
3
Pteropus alecto, Black Flying Fox
111
3
Pteropus capistratus, Masked Flying Fox
114
4
Pteropus conspicillatus, Spectacled Flying Fox
118
5
Pteropus gilliardorum, Gilliard's Flying Fox
123
3
Pteropus hypomelanus, Variable Flying Fox
126
5
Pteropus macrotis, Big-Earned Flying Fox
131
3
Pteropus mahaganus, Sanborn's Flying Fox
134
3
Pteropus neohibernicus, Giant Flying Fox
137
5
Pteropus rayneri, Solomons Flying Fox
142
3
Pteropus scapulatus, Little Red Flying Fox
145
3
Pteropus tonganus, Tongan Flying Fox
148
3
Rousettus amplexicaudatus, Common Rousette Bat
151
5
Subfamily Nyctimeninae: Tube-nosed Fruit Bats
156
6
Nyctimene aello, Greater Tube-Nosed Bat
162
3
Nyctimene albiventer, Common Tube-Nosed Bat
165
3
Nyctimene cephalotes, Pallas' Tube-Nosed Bat
168
3
Nyctimene cyclotis, Round-Eared Tube-Nosed Bat
171
3
Nyctimene draconilla, Lesser Tube-Nosed Bat
174
3
Nyctimene major, Dobson's Tube-Nosed Bat
177
4
Nyctimene vizcaccia, Bismarck Tube-Nosed Bat
181
4
Paranyctimene raptor, Green Tube-Nosed Bat
185
4
Subfamily Macroglossinae: Blossom Bats
189
4
Macroglossus minimus, Least Blossom Bat
193
5
Melonycteris melanops, Black-Bellied Bat
198
3
Melonycteris woodfordi, Woodford's Blossom Bat
201
3
Syconycteris australis, Common Blossom Bat
204
7
Syconycteris hobbit, Moss Forest Blossom Bat
211
2
Suborder Microchiroptera: Microbats
Family Emballonuridae: Sheath-Tailed Bats or Sac-Winged Bats
213
36
Emballonura beccarii, Beccari's Sheath-Tailed Bat
221
3
Emballonura dianae, Large-Eared Sheath-Tailed Bat
224
3
Emballonura furax, New Guinea Sheath-Tailed Bat
227
2
Emballonura raffrayana, Raffray's Sheath-Tailed Bat
229
3
Emballonura serii, Seri's Sheath-Tailed Bat
232
2
Mosia nigrescens, Lesser Sheath-Tailed Bat
234
4
Saccolaimus flaviventris, Yellow-Bellied Sheath-Tailed Bat
238
3
Saccolaimus mixtus, Papuan Sheath-Tailed Bat
241
2
Saccolaimus saccolaimus, Naked-Rumped Sheath-Tailed Bat
243
3
Taphozous australis, Southern Sheath-Tailed Bat
246
3
Family Hipposideridae: Old World Leaf-Nosed Bats
249
51
Anthops ornatus, Flower-Faced Bat
258
2
Aselliscus tricuspidatus, Trident Leaf-Nosed Bat
260
4
Hipposideros ater, Dusky Leaf-Nosed Bat
264
3
Hipposideros calcaratus, Spurred Leaf-Nosed Bat
267
5
Hipposideros cervinus, Fawn Leaf-Nosed Bat
272
5
Hipposideros corynophyllus, Telefomin Leaf-Nosed Bat
277
2
Hipposideros diadema, Diadem Leaf-Nosed Bat
279
6
Hipposideros dinops, Fierce Leaf-Nosed Bat
285
2
Hipposideros edwardshilli, Hill's Leaf-Nosed Bat
287
2
Hipposideros maggietaylorae, Maggie Taylor's Leaf-Nosed Bat
289
4
Hipposideros muscinus, Fly River Leaf-Nosed Bat
293
2
Hipposideros semoni, Greater Wart-Nosed Bat
295
2
Hipposideros wollastoni, Wollaston's Leaf-Nosed Bat
297
3
Family Rhinolophidae: Horseshoe Bats
300
15
Rhinolophus arcuatus, Western Horseshoe Bat
304
2
Rhinolophus euryotis, New Guinea Horseshoe Bat
306
3
Rhinolophus megaphyllus, Eastern Horseshoe Bat
309
4
Rhinolophus philippinensis, Large-Eared Horseshoe Bat
313
2
Family Vespertilionidae: Evening Bats
315
92
Subfamily Vespertilioninae: Evening Bats
316
6
Chalinolobus nigrogriseus, Pied Wattled Bat
322
3
Myotis moluccarum, Arafura Large-Footed Bat
325
4
Philetor brachypterus, Rohu's Bat
329
3
Pipistrellus angulatus, New Guinea Pipistrelle
332
4
Pipistrellus collinus, Mountain Pipistrelle
336
3
Pipistrellus papuanus, Papuan Pipistrelle
339
4
Pipistrellus wattsi, Watts' Pipistrelle
343
2
Scotorepens sanborni, Sanborn's Broad-Nosed Bat
345
3
Subfamily Murininae: Murine or Insectivorous Tube-Nosed Bats
348
1
Murina florium, Flores Murine Bat
349
3
Subfamily Nyctophilinae: Big-Eared Bats
352
5
Nyctophilus bifax, Northern Big-Eared Bat
357
3
Nyctophilus microdon, Small-Toothed Bat
360
2
Nyctophilus microtis, Papuan Big-Eared Bat
362
3
Nyctophilus timoriensis, Greater Big-Eared Bat
365
3
Pharotis imogene, Thomas' Big-Eared Bat
368
2
Subfamily Kerivoulinae: Woolly Bats and Painted Bats
370
3
Kerivoula agnella, Louisiade Woolly Bat
373
2
Kerivoula muscina, Fly River Woolly Bat
375
2
Kerivoula myrella, Manus Island Woolly Bat
377
3
Phoniscus papuensis, Golden-Tipped Bat
380
3
Subfamily Miniopterinae: Bent-Winged Bats
383
4
Miniopterus australis, Little Bent-Winged Bat
387
3
Miniopterus macrocneme, Long-Legged Bat
390
3
Miniopterus magnater, Western Bent-Winged Bat
393
3
Miniopterus medius, Javan Bent-Winged Bat
396
3
Miniopterus propitristis, Greater Melanesian Bent-Winged Bat
399
5
Miniopterus schreibersii, Common Bent-Winged Bat
404
3
Family Molossidae: Mastiff Bats or Free-Tailed Bats
407
18
Chaerephon jobensis, Wrinkle-Lipped Mastiff Bat
411
3
Mormopterus beccarii, Beccari's Mastiff Bat
414
2
Mormopterus loriae, Loria's Mastiff Bat
416
2
Otomops papuensis, Papuan Mastiff Bat
418
2
Otomops secundus, Mantled Mastiff Bat
420
2
Tadarida kuboriensis, New Guinea Mastiff Bat
422
3
Appendix: Gazeteer to Locality Names in Papua New Guinea
425
20
References
445
16
Color Plates
461
24
Papua New Guinea Bat Life-List
485