Pallas's tube-nosed bat

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Pallas's tube-nosed bat
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Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Pteropodidae
Genus: Nyctimene
Species:
N. cephalotes
Binomial name
Nyctimene cephalotes
(Pallas, 1767)
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Pallas's tube-nosed fruit bat range:
  extant
  possibly extinct

Pallas's tube-nosed bat (Nyctimene cephalotes), also known as the Torresian tube-nosed bat or northern tube-nosed bat, is a species of megabat in the Nyctimene genus found in Indonesia. Its range may extend to New Guinea, but sightings may be attributable to misidentification. Its range may at one time also have extended to Timor, but was extirpated due to habitat loss. [1]

Nyctimene cephalotes, formerly Vespertilio cephalotes, illustrated in 1774 by Schreber Vespertilio cephalotes.jpg
Nyctimene cephalotes, formerly Vespertilio cephalotes, illustrated in 1774 by Schreber

References

  1. 1 2 Tsang, S.M. (2016). "Nyctimene cephalotes". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016: e.T14963A22007414. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T14963A22007414.en . Retrieved 15 November 2021.