Island tube-nosed fruit bat

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Island tube-nosed fruit bat
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Pteropodidae
Genus: Nyctimene
Species:
N. major
Binomial name
Nyctimene major
(Dobson, 1877)
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Island tube-nosed fruit bat range
Synonyms
  • Gelasinus major(Dobson, 1877)

The island tube-nosed fruit bat (Nyctimene major) is a species of bat in the family Pteropodidae. It is found in Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 Lamoreux, J. (2020). "Nyctimene major". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2020 e.T14965A22007085. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T14965A22007085.en . Retrieved 15 November 2021.