Malaita tube-nosed fruit bat
Malaita tube-nosed fruit bat | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Chiroptera |
Family: | Pteropodidae |
Genus: | Nyctimene |
Species: | N. malaitensis |
Binomial name | |
Nyctimene malaitensis Phillips, 1968 | |
Malaita tube-nosed fruit bat range |
The Malaita tube-nosed fruit bat (Nyctimene malaitensis) is a species of bat in the family Pteropodidae. It is endemic only to the islands of Malaita and Makira (formerly known as San Cristóbal) in the Solomon Islands.[1][2] The species occurs in primary tropical moist forest.[1]
Sources
- 1 2 3 Hamilton, S. (2008). "Nyctimene malaitensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 3.1 (3.1). International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
- ↑ Simmons, N. B. 2005. Order Chiroptera. In: D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder (eds), Mammal Species of the World, pp. 312-529. The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, MD, USA.
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