), N. a. minor (
), and intergrades assigned to minor (
). For names of islands see [Fig. 2].
Table 3. Average and Extreme Measurements of Nyctimene albiventer bougainville and N. a. minor.
| Measurement | N. a. minor Choiseul, Santa Ysabel 4 ♂, 1 ♀ | Intergrades Fauro 1 ♂, 3 ♀ | N. a. bougainville Kolombangara, Guadalcanal 8 ♂, 1 ♀ | |||||||||
| Length of head and body | 107.0 | (105 | - | 109) | 109.2 | (105 | - | 112) | 110.0 | (106 | - | 117) |
| Tail vertebrae | 20.0 | (19.3 | - | 20.5) | 21.0 | ( 20 | - | 22) | 19.2 | ( 15.5 | - | 23.0) |
| Hind foot | 14.2 | (13.5 | - | 15.0) | .......... | 14.3 | ( 13.0 | - | 15.9) | |||
| Ear | 11.9 | (11.0 | - | 13.0) | .......... | 12.8 | ( 11.8 | - | 14.5) | |||
| Length of forearm | 54.8 | (54.0 | - | 55.8) | 57.1 | (55.9 | - | 59.0) | 57.9 | ( 55.8 | - | 59.8) |
| Greatest length of skull | 28.2 | (27.2 | - | 28.9) | 28.6 | (28.3 | - | 29.7) | 29.7 | ( 28.6 | - | 30.1) |
| Condylobasal length | 26.7 | (26.2 | - | 27.5) | 27.4 | (26.6 | - | 28.0) | 28.0 | ( 27.8 | - | 28.9) |
| Palatal length | 11.2 | (10.9 | - | 11.9) | 11.6 | (11.3 | - | 11.8) | 11.7 | ( 11.0 | - | 12.5) |
| Breadth of braincase | 12.0 | (11.5 | - | 12.4) | 12.0 | (11.7 | - | 12.2) | 12.3 | ( 12.1 | - | 12.8) |
| Zygomatic breadth | 18.9 | (18.4 | - | 19.7) | 18.6 | (18.4 | - | 19.2) | 19.2 | ( 18.7 | - | 20.0) |
| Interorbital breadth | 5.0 | ( 4.7 | - | 5.6) | 5.3 | ( 5.0 | - | 5.6) | 5.1 | ( 4.7 | - | 5.5) |
| Breadth across first upper molars | 8.6 | ( 8.4 | - | 8.9) | 8.9 | ( 8.7 | - | 9.1) | 9.1 | ( 8.8 | - | 9.6) |
| Maxillary tooth-row | 8.9 | ( 8.7 | - | 9.3) | 9.3 | ( 9.1 | - | 9.5) | 9.5 | ( 9.2 | - | 9.8) |
| Mandibular tooth-row | 10.3 | (10.0 | - | 10.6) | 10.5 | (10.2 | - | 11.1) | 10.9 | ( 10.7 | - | 11.4) |
Measurements.—Measurements of the two subspecies from the Solomons are given in [Table 3]. Some measurements of the type are as follows: Length of head and body, 108; tail vertebrae, 20.5; hind foot, 14.7; ear, 11.3; length of forearm, 55.1; 2nd metacarpal, 27.4; 3rd metacarpal, 39.0; 4th metacarpal, 37.5; 5th metacarpal, 39.1; greatest length of skull, 28.6; condylobasal length, 27.5; zygomatic breadth, 18.4; length of maxillary tooth-row, 9.0; length of mandibular tooth-row, 10.4.