Order Chiroptera - Family Pteropodidae Author Wilson, Don E. Author Reeder, DeeAnn text 2005 The Johns Hopkins University Press Baltimore Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1 313 350 book chapter 0-8018-8221-4 10.5281/zenodo.7316519 Nyctimene major Dobson 1877 Nyctimene major Dobson 1877 , Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1877: 117 . Type Locality: Papua New Guinea , Bismarck Arch., Duke of York Isl. Vernacular Names: Island Tube-nosed Fruit Bat . Subspecies: : Subspecies Nyctimene major subsp. major Dobson 1877 Subspecies Nyctimene major subsp. geminus K. Andersen 1910 Subspecies Nyctimene major subsp. lullulae Thomas 1904 Subspecies Nyctimene major subsp. scitulus K. Andersen 1910 Distribution: D'Entrecasteaux Isls, Trobriand Isls, Bismarck and Louisiade Archs. ( Papua New Guinea ), Solomon Isls, and small islands off the north coast of New Guinea . A New Guinea mainland record is almost certainly erroneous; see Koopman (1979) . Conservation: IUCN / SSC Action Plan (1992) – Not Threatened. IUCN 2003 – Lower Risk (lc). Discussion: cephalotes species group. Reviewed in part by Koopman (1979) and Hill (1983) . See also Flannery (1995 b ) and Bonaccorso (1998) .