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Nusatenggara Short-nosed Fruit Bat
The Nusatenggara short-nosed fruit bat (''Cynopterus nusatenggara'') is a species of megabat within the family Pteropodidae found in Indonesia and Timor-Leste Timor-Leste, also known as East Timor, officially the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, is a country in Southeast Asia. It comprises the eastern half of the island of Timor, the coastal exclave of Oecusse in the island's northwest, and .... It has three subspecies: *''C. n. nusatenggara'' *''C. n. sinagai'' *''C. n. wetarensis'' References *D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder, 2005: ''Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference''. Third Edition. The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore Cynopterus Mammals described in 1991 Taxa named by Darrell Kitchener Bats of Indonesia {{fruit-bat-stub Mammals of Timor Fauna of Timor-Leste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Darrell Kitchener
Darrell John Kitchener (born 1943) is a biologist who has been active in mammalian research in Western Australia and Indonesia. He is the author of over one hundred papers, published while employed as the senior research biologist at the Western Australian Museum, and described many new species of mammals during his 28 years in that position. Kitchener was born on 9 June 1943 in Victoria, Australia. He obtained degrees in botany and zoological sciences at the University of Tasmania and completed his Ph.D. at the University of Western Australia. His works include contributions to the Australian Museum's ''Complete book of Australian mammals''. The specific epithet In Taxonomy (biology), taxonomy, binomial nomenclature ("two-term naming system"), also called binary nomenclature, is a formal system of naming species of living things by giving each a name composed of two parts, both of which use Latin gramm ... for the free-tailed bat '' Mormopterus kitcheneri'' — found in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |