Melonycteris melanops

• Interesting Facts
• Common Names
• Description
• Taxonomy
• Similar Species
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• Further Reading
• Notes

Interesting Facts

Common Names

Description

Habitat

Ecology: This species has been recorded from disturbed forest and gardens (including stands of banana trees ) and cocoa plantations. It "thrives in close association with humans where cultivated bananas occur in much higher density than do wild bananas in primary forest " (Bonaccorso et al. 2005). It appears to be rare in primary tropical forest. The species roosts primarily in foliage , but also on rocky outcrops. Individuals have home ranges of about 5 hectares and are highly territorial (Bonnacorso et al. 2005). It probably has two litters of a single young annually (Bonaccorso 1998; Flannery 1995).[1].

List of Habitats :

•     1     Forest   
  
•     1.6     Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland   
  
•     6     Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs , mountain peaks)   
  
•     14     Artificial/Terrestrial   
  
•     14.3     Artificial/Terrestrial - Plantations   
  
•     14.4     Artificial/Terrestrial - Rural Gardens   
  
•     14.6     Artificial/Terrestrial - Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest   
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Taxonomy

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: 08-Jun-2004

Similar Species

Members of the genus Melonycteris

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 4 species and subspecies in this genus:

M. aurantius (Orange Leaf-Nosed Bat) · M. fardoulisi (Fardoulis's Blossom Bat) · M. melanops (Black-Bellied Blossom Bat) · M. woodfordi (Woodford's Blossom Bat)

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Further Reading

• A catalogue of the collection of mammals in the Field Columbian Museum. 1907 8 Chicago: Field Columbian Museum, 1907. url p. 496, p. 624.
• Cassell's natural history. Ed. by P. Martin Duncan. .. London [etc]Cassell & Company, Limited, 1891-96. url p. 403.
• Catalogue of the Chiroptera in the collection of the. .. Museum / By G.E. Dobson. London, 1912. url p. 789, p. 846.
• IUCN Directory of Protected Areas in Oceania IUCN url p. 187, p. 442.
• North American fauna. Washington: Fish and Wildlife Service; for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U. S. Govt. Print. Off. url p. 408, p. 804.
• Revue méthodique et critique des collections déposées dans cet établissement. Leyden, Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie. url p. 159, p. 263.
• The Annals and magazine of natural history; zoology, botany, and geology being a continuation of the Annals combined with Loudon and Charlesworth's Magazine of Natural History. London, Taylor and Francis, Ltd. url p. 147, p. 74.
• The families and genera of bats / Washington: Govt. Print. 0ff., 1907. url , , .
• The families and genera of bats, by Gerrit S. Miller, jr. Washington, Govt. print. off., 1907. url p. 272.
• University of Kansas publications, Museum of Natural History. 16 1968 Lawrence, University of Kansas. url fig. 11, page 815, p. 817.

Notes

Contributors

• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Bonaccorso, F., Helgen, K., Allison, A. & Hamilton, S. 2008. Melonycteris melanops. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 02February2012.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
• Chiroptera Specialist Group 1996. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 19, 2008.
• Chiroptera Specialist Group 1996. Melonycteris melanops. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org . Downloaded on 20 October 2006.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 08, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 4 providers.
• IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
• Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 08, 2008:

• Field Museum: Mammal specimens
• Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History: Vertebrate specimens
• Museum of Texas Tech University (TTU): Mammal specimens
• OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider: Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 104604
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-631686
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 631686
• IUCN ID: 222686
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 7402

Footnotes

1. Bonaccorso, F., Helgen, K., Allison, A. & Hamilton, S. 2008. Melonycteris melanops. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 02 February 2012. [back]

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