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Eastern tube nosed bat

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Order
  
Chiroptera

Genus
  
Nyctimene

Higher classification
  
Nyctimene

Phylum
  
Chordata

Family
  
Pteropodidae

Scientific name
  
Nyctimene robinsoni

Rank
  
Species

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Similar
  
Nyctimene, Bat, Common tube‑nosed fruit bat, Megabat, Philippine tube‑nosed fruit bat

Eastern tube nosed bat nyctimene robinsoni at the tolga bat hospital


The eastern or Queensland tube-nosed bat (Nyctimene robinsoni) is a megabat in the family Pteropodidae that lives in north-eastern Australia. N. robinsoni is one of the few species in Pteropodidae that roosts solitarily. They get their common name from their raised tubular nostrils which is unlike most other species in the family. They are a deep brown with gray heads and sparse yellow spotting.

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Eastern tube nosed bat nyctimene robinsonii



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Eastern tube-nosed bat Obi the baby Eastern TubeNosed bat by shanskala on DeviantArt

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References

Eastern tube-nosed bat Wikipedia