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 Melonycteris (Nesonycteris) woodfordi Thomas 1887 Melonycteris (Nesonycteris) woodfordi Thomas 1887 , Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 5, 19: 147 . Type Locality: Solomon Isls, Western Province , Alu Isl (near Shortland Isl) . Vernacular Names: Woodford's Fruit Bat . Subspecies: : Subspecies Melonycteris (Nesonycteris) woodfordi subsp. woodfordi Thomas 1887 Subspecies Melonycteris (Nesonycteris) woodfordi subsp. aurantius Phillips 1966 Distribution: Bougainville and Buka Isls ( Papua New Guinea ), N and W Solomon Isls. Conservation: IUCN / SSC Action Plan (1992) – Not Threatened as M. woodfordi , No Data : Limited Distribution as M. aurantius . IUCN 2003 – Lower Risk (lc) as M. woodfordi ; Vulnerable as M. aurantius . Discussion: Subgenus Nesonycteris . Includes aurantius ; see Flannery (1993 b ) . Also see Flannery (1995 b ) and Bonaccorso (1998) .