Type specimens of bats (Chiroptera: Mammalia) in the collections of the Museum f r Naturkunde, Berlin Author Turni, Hendrik Author Kock, Dieter text Zootaxa 2008 2008-09-03 1869 1 1 82 https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.1869.1.1 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.1869.1.1 1175­5334 5133648 Pteropus ualanus Peters, 1883 Peters, W.C.H. (1883): Mittheilung über die von Hrn. Dr. Finsch von den Carolinen-Inseln eingesandten Flederhunde. Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin , 1883, 1: 1. Valid name: Pteropus ualanus Peters, 1883 Syntypes : ZMB 5788 , ZMB 5788 a–d, and ZMB 5792 a–b ( seven specimens ), bodies in alcohol, skulls extracted . ZMB 5789 , body in alcohol, skull extracted, pullus . ZMB 5791 , skull . ZMB 5798 , ZMB 5808 , and ZMB 5809 ( three specimens ), skins and skulls. Unnumbered skull. All these specimens from “Kuschai” = Ualan [ Kosrae ] Id., Caroline Ids., Federal States of Micronesia ; collected by O. Finsch. ZMB 86715 (= A 4065), skull (missing); “Ponape” = Pohnpei , Federal States of Micronesia ; collected by O. Finsch. Comment: According to K. Helgen (in prep.) the extinct Ponape population may be a different taxon (unnamed subspecies).