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Nendo tube nosed fruit bat

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Order
  
Chiroptera

Genus
  
Nyctimene

Higher classification
  
Nyctimene

Phylum
  
Chordata

Family
  
Pteropodidae

Scientific name
  
Nyctimene sanctacrucis

Rank
  
Species

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Megabat, Nyctimene, Bat, Mammal, Island tubeā€‘nos

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The Nendo or Santa Cruz tube-nosed fruit bat (Nyctimene sanctacrucis) is a megabat from the Santa Cruz Group of the Solomon Islands, near the eastern limit of the distribution of tube-nosed fruit bats. It has tube-like nostrils and a wingspan of about 40 cm.

The species is known from a single female specimen collected in the late 19th century and donated to the Australian Museum, Sydney, in 1892. It apparently was last seen on the island of Nendo in 1907. It has previously been treated as extinct but is currently classified as data deficient by the IUCN due to continuing concerns about the species' taxonomic validity.

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Nendo tube-nosed fruit bat Wikipedia