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Nyctimene (genus)

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Subfamily
  
Pteropodinae

Phylum
  
Chordata

Rank
  
Genus

Family
  
Pteropodidae

Scientific name
  
Nyctimene

Higher classification
  
Pteropodinae

Order
  
Bat

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Lower classifications
  
Eastern tube‑nosed bat, Common tube‑nosed fruit bat, Philippine tube‑nosed fruit bat, Dragon tube‑nosed fruit bat, Pallas's tube‑nosed bat

Nyctimene is a genus of bats in the family Pteropodidae. They are distributed in the central Philippines, eastern Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and the north eastern tip of Queensland, Australia.

It contains these species:

  • Broad-striped tube-nosed fruit bat, N. aello
  • Common tube-nosed fruit bat, N. albiventer
  • Pallas's tube-nosed bat, N. cephalotes
  • Dark tube-nosed fruit bat, N. celaeno
  • Mountain tube-nosed fruit bat, N. certans
  • Round-eared tube-nosed fruit bat, N. cyclotis
  • Dragon tube-nosed fruit bat, N. draconilla
  • Keast's tube-nosed fruit bat, N. keasti
  • Island tube-nosed fruit bat, N. major
  • Malaita tube-nosed fruit bat, N. malaitensis
  • Demonic tube-nosed fruit bat, N. masalai
  • Lesser tube-nosed fruit bat, N. minutus
  • Philippine tube-nosed fruit bat, N. rabori
  • Eastern tube-nosed bat, N. robinsoni
  • Nendo tube-nosed fruit bat, N. sanctacrucis (early 20th century †)
  • Umboi tube-nosed fruit bat, N. vizcaccia

    • References

    Nyctimene (genus) Wikipedia
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