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Melonycteris melanops
Black-bellied Fruit Bat
As recorded: Melonycteris melanops Dobson, 1877
Animalia › Chordata › Mammalia › Chiroptera › Pteropodidae
- Collected by
- P H Colman
- Region
- Papua New Guinea
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Melonycteris melanops observed alive
Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 2 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2025-01-24.
2025-01-24
Walindi Plantation Resort, Talasea Highway, Kimbe West New Britain Province, Papua New Guinea
(c) morganfbs, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2022-07-19
Talasea, PG-WN, PG
(c) Janos Olah, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
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Cite this specimen
Melonycteris melanops. BPBM 95202. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 93659009. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/vz-bbm-ng/95202.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 93659009 ↗
- Data license: CC0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026