BPBM 61201Vertebrate Zoology
Nesonycteris woodfordi
Woodford's Fruit Bat
As recorded: Melonycteris woodfordi (Thomas, 1887)
Animalia › Chordata › Mammalia › Chiroptera › Pteropodidae
- Collected by
- A B Mirza
- Locality
- Bougainville [Dist.?]
- Region
- Papua New Guinea
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Nesonycteris woodfordi observed alive
Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 3 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2025-08-16.
2025-08-16
Bougainville, Bougainville, PG
(c) Jasmine Vink, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2025-08-16
Bougainville, Bougainville, PG
(c) Jasmine Vink, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2025-08-16
Kunua LLG, AROB, Papua-Nowa Gwinea
(c) Fenri, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Nesonycteris woodfordi. BPBM 61201. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 93659026. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/vz-bbm-ng/61201.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 93659026 ↗
- Data license: CC0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026