Nyctimene (genus)
| Nyctimene | |
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| Eastern tube-nosed bat, Nyctimene robinsoni | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Pteropodidae |
| Subfamily: | Pteropodinae |
| Genus: | Nyctimene Rafinesque, 1815 |
| Species | |
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Nyctimene is a genus of bats in the Pteropodidae family.[1][2][3][4][5] They are distributed in the central Philippines, eastern Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and the north eastern tip of Queensland, Australia.[6][7]
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
- ↑ 2010 Annual Checklist :: Taxonomic tree. Catalogue of Life. Retrieved on 2010-11-02.
- ↑ Namebank Record Detail. Ubio.org (2005-09-22). Retrieved on 2010-11-02.
- ↑ ION: Index to Organism Names. Organismnames.com. Retrieved on 2010-11-02.
- ↑ ITIS Standard Report Page: Nyctimene. Itis.gov. Retrieved on 2010-11-02.
- ↑ Nyctimene - Encyclopedia of Life. Eol.org. Retrieved on 2010-11-02.
- ↑ Taxonomy Browser. BOLD Systems (1999-02-22). Retrieved on 2010-11-02.
- ↑ Data Use Agreement - GBIF Portal. Data.gbif.org (2007-02-22). Retrieved on 2010-11-02.
- D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder, 2005: Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third Edition. The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore
Further reading
- Taxonomy browser (Nyctimene)
- Biography for 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.
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