Nyctimene (genus)
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Nyctimene is a genus
of megabat
s in the Pteropodidae family. They are distributed in the central Philippines, eastern Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and the north eastern tip of Queensland
, Australia.
It contains these species:
Genus Nyctimene
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of megabat
Megabat
Megabats constitute the suborder Megachiroptera, family Pteropodidae of the order Chiroptera . They are also called fruit bats, old world fruit bats, or flying foxes.-Description:...
s in the Pteropodidae family. They are distributed in the central Philippines, eastern Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and the north eastern tip of Queensland
Queensland
Queensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south respectively. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean...
, Australia.
It contains these species:
Genus Nyctimene
- Broad-striped Tube-nosed Fruit BatBroad-striped Tube-nosed Fruit BatThe Broad-striped Tube-nosed Fruit Bat is a species of megabat in the Pteropodidae family. It is found in West Papua, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.-Source:* Chiroptera Specialist Group 1996. . Downloaded on 30 July 2007....
, Nyctimene aello - Common Tube-nosed Fruit BatCommon Tube-nosed Fruit BatThe Common Tube-nosed Fruit Bat is a species of megabat in the Pteropodidae family. It is found in Australia, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, and the Solomon Islands.-References:...
, Nyctimene albiventer- Nyctimene (albiventer) papuanus
- Pallas's Tube-nosed Fruit BatPallas's Tube-nosed Fruit BatThe Pallas's Tube-nosed Bat, Torresian Tube-nosed Bat or Northern Tube-nosed Bat , is a species of megabat in the Pteropodidae family. It is found in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.-References:...
, Nyctimene cephalotes - Dark Tube-nosed Fruit BatDark Tube-nosed Fruit BatThe Dark Tube-nosed Fruit Bat is a species of megabat in the Pteropodidae family. It is endemic to Indonesia.-Source:* Chiroptera Specialist Group 1996. . Downloaded on 30 July 2007....
, Nyctimene celaeno - Mountain Tube-nosed Fruit BatMountain Tube-nosed Fruit BatThe Mountain Tube-nosed Fruit Bat is a species of megabat in the Pteropodidae family. It is found in West Papua, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.-Source:* Chiroptera Specialist Group 1996. . Downloaded on 30 July 2007....
, Nyctimene certans - Round-eared Tube-nosed Fruit BatRound-eared Tube-nosed Fruit BatThe Round-eared Tube-nosed Fruit Bat is a species of megabat in the Pteropodidae family. It is found in West Papua, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.-Source:* Chiroptera Specialist Group 1996. . Downloaded on 30 July 2007....
, Nyctimene cyclotis - Dragon Tube-nosed Fruit BatDragon Tube-nosed Fruit BatThe Dragon Tube-nosed Fruit Bat is a species of megabat in the Pteropodidae family. It is found in West Papua, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. In other words it is endemic to the Island of New Guinea. It is a monotypic species and is slightly smaller and very similar in appearance to N...
, Nyctimene draconilla - Keast's Tube-nosed Fruit BatKeast's Tube-nosed Fruit BatThe Keast's Tube-nosed Fruit Bat is a species of megabat in the Pteropodidae family found in Babar, Tanimbar, and the Kai Islands.-References:...
, Nyctimene keasti - Island Tube-nosed Fruit BatIsland Tube-nosed Fruit BatThe Island Tube-nosed Fruit Bat is a species of megabat in the Pteropodidae family. It is found in Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands....
, Nyctimene major - Malaita Tube-nosed Fruit BatMalaita Tube-nosed Fruit BatThe Malaita Tube-nosed Fruit Bat is a species of megabat in the Pteropodidae family. It is endemic to the Solomon Islands.-Source:* Chiroptera Specialist Group 1996. . Downloaded on 30 July 2007....
, Nyctimene malaitensis - Demonic Tube-nosed Fruit BatDemonic Tube-nosed Fruit BatThe Demonic Tube-nosed Fruit Bat is a species of megabat in the Pteropodidae family. It is endemic to Papua New Guinea.-Source:* Chiroptera Specialist Group 1996. . Downloaded on 30 July 2007....
, Nyctimene masalai - Lesser Tube-nosed BatLesser Tube-nosed BatThe Lesser Tube-nosed Bat is a species of megabat in the Pteropodidae family. It is endemic to the mountainous forests of two Indonesian islands, Buru and Seram, including the Manusela National Park on Seram, but is not found on the nearby Ambon Island. The habitat has an area of less than 2,000...
, Nyctimene minutus - Philippine Tube-nosed Fruit BatPhilippine Tube-nosed Fruit BatThe Philippine Tube-nosed Fruit Bat is a species of megabat in the Pteropodidae family. It is endemic to the Philippines. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.-Source:...
, Nyctimene rabori - Eastern Tubenosed BatEastern Tubenosed BatThe Eastern or Queensland Tube-nosed Bat 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 there common name from their raised tubular nostrils which is unlike most other species in...
, Nyctimene robinsoni - Nendo Tube-nosed Fruit BatNendo Tube-nosed Fruit BatThe Nendo or Santa Cruz Tube-nosed Fruit Bat is an extinct megabat from the Santa Cruz Group of the Solomon Islands, near the eastern limit of the distribution of tube-nosed fruit bats. It had tube-like nostrils and had a wingspan of about 40 cm.The last record was from the island of Nendo in 1907...
, Nyctimene sanctacrucis - Umboi Tube-nosed Fruit BatUmboi Tube-nosed Fruit BatThe Umboi Tube-nosed Fruit Bat is a species of megabat in the Pteropodidae family. It is found in Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands.-References:* Chiroptera Specialist Group 1996. . Downloaded on 30 July 2007....
, Nyctimene vizcaccia
Further reading
- http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?mode=Info&id=48987&lvl=3&lin=f&keep=1&srchmode=1&unlock
- http://www.eol.org/external_link?url=http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/name/Nyctimene
- The mammals on our stamps. Descriptions of the mammals featured on Papua New Guinea's October 1980 stamps issue.
- Taxonomic status of Nyctimene (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae) from the Banda, Kai and Aru Islands, Maluku, Indonesia - implications for biogeography.
- Electrophoretic resolution of species boundaries in tube-nosed bats (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae) in Australia and Papua New Guinea.
- Notes on distribution and taxonomy of Australasian bats. I. Pteropodinae and Nyctimeninae (Mammalia, Megachiroptera, Pteropodidae).
- Markedly discordant mitochondrial DNA and allozyme phylogenies of tube-nosed fruit bats, Nyctimene, at the Australian-oriental biogeographical interface.