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 | |
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| 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]
References
- ^ a b c Lavery, T.H. (2017). "Nyctimene malaitensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T14958A22008343. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T14958A22008343.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
- ^ 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.
Taxon identifiers | |
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| Nyctimene malaitensis | |
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