Order Chiroptera Author Karl F. Koopman text 1993 Smithsonian Institution Press Washington and London Editor Don E. Wilson Editor DeeAnn M. Reeder Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition) 137 241 book chapter http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7353060 54c9783b-6624-4034-96d9-d09afe43b319 1-56098-217-9 7353060 Aproteles bulmerae Menzies, 1977 . Aust . J. Zool., 25:331 . TYPE LOCALITY: Papua New Guinea, Chimbu Prov. , 2 km SE Chuave Govt. Sta., 1,530 m . DISTRIBUTION: New Guinea . STATUS: U.S. ESA - Endangered; IUCN - Insufficiently known. COMMENTS: Originally described from fossil material, but since found living ( Hyndman and Menzies, 1980 ).