Demonic tube-nosed fruit bat

Demonic tube-nosed fruit bat
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Pteropodidae
Genus: Nyctimene
Species: N. masalai
Binomial name
Nyctimene masalai
Smith & Hood, 1983
Demonic tube-nosed fruit bat range

The demonic tube-nosed fruit bat (Nyctimene masalai) is a species of bat in the family Pteropodidae. It is endemic to Papua New Guinea. The holotype specimen was collected in 1983 on New Ireland, in the Bismarck Archipelago. The range of the species may extend to other islands, however the extent of the range is not presently known.[1]

Some sources place this species synonymous with Nyctimene albiventer.[1]

Sources

  1. 1 2 3 Helgen, K. & Bonaccorso, F. (2008). "Nyctimene masalai". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 3.1. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 1 January 2014.


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