Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Cladus: Synapsida
Cladus: Eupelycosauria
Cladus: Sphenacodontia
Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea
OrdoTherapsida
Cladus: Theriodontia
Subordo: Cynodontia
Cladus: Mammaliaformes
Classis: Mammalia
Subclassis: Trechnotheria
Infraclassis: Zatheria
Supercohort: Theria
Cohort: Eutheria
Cohort: Placentalia
Cladus: Boreoeutheria
Superordo: Laurasiatheria
Ordo: Chiroptera
Subordo: Yinpterochiroptera
Familia: Pteropodidae
Subfamilia: Macroglossinae
Tribus: Macroglossini
Genus: Syconycteris
Species: Syconycteris hobbit
Name
Macroglossus hobbit Ziegler, 1982
Type locality: Papua New Guinea, Morobe Province.
References
Ziegler. 1982. Occas. Pap. Bernice P. Bishop Museum, 25(5): 5.
Distribution
New Guinea.
Vernacular names
English: Moss-forest Blossom Bat.
The moss-forest blossom bat (Syconycteris hobbit) is a species of megabat in the family Pteropodidae found in New Guinea. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Originally discovered in New Guinea 1911, the moss-forest blossom bat was later discovered in Habema, Tembagapura-Timika, and Lian Jaya, and Indonesia in 1982 by Ziegler. Ziegler described Hobbit on the basis of an adult and subadult gathered from Marobe Province, Papau New Guinea 7'31'' S 146'40' E at an elevation of 2400 m above sea level. In 1990 another was found from high altitude of Forfes near the summit of Mt Kaindi, Marobe Province.[2]
The Moss-forest blossom bat is characterized by dark greyish-brown fur dorsally, darkest on its head and nape, with a paler anterior back laterally a much paler posterior. Irian Jayan bats have dense velvet fur all over their dorsum, but less on venter. Shortest on the front and sides of the head. They possess rusty brown forearms and flanks down to the hind legs. In many cases the rump is fainty, light brown, and a whitish suffusion on the medio-ventral parts of the body. Tembagapura-Timika bats are lighter than their relatives in the Habema Highlands.[3]
Tambagapura Timika bats average 18 g. The average weight of Irian Jayan is considerably heavier than the New Guinea variant, where adults average 15.7 g. Irian Jaya bats have slightly larger skulls and teeth.[3]
References
Aplin, K.; Armstrong, K. (2016). "Syconycteris hobbit". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T21183A22126041. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T21183A22126041.en. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
"Syconycteris hobbit: Aplin, K. & Armstrong, K.". 2016-02-17. doi:10.2305/iucn.uk.2016-2.rlts.t21183a22126041.en.
HILL, J. E.; BOEADI, B. (1978). "A new species of Megaerops from Java (Chiroptera : Pteropodidae)". Mammalia. 42 (4). doi:10.1515/mamm.1978.42.4.427. ISSN 0025-1461. S2CID 85978760.
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