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Genus of bats From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Nyctimene is a genus of bats in the Pteropodidae family.[2] Commonly known as tube-nosed fruit bats,[3][4][5][6][7] they are found in the central Philippines, eastern Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and the north-east coast of Australia.[8][9]
Nyctimene | |
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Eastern tube-nosed bat, Nyctimene robinsoni | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Chiroptera |
Family: | Pteropodidae |
Subfamily: | Pteropodinae |
Tribe: | Cynopterini |
Subtribe: | Nyctimenina |
Genus: | Nyctimene Borkhausen, 1797.[1] |
Type species | |
Vespertilio cephalotes Pallas, 1767 | |
Species | |
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The genus was erected by Moritz Balthasar Borkhausen in 1797.[1][10] The name Nyctimene, derived from Ancient Greek, means 'night moon'.[11]
The facial features of the species are distinguished by projecting nostrils, rather than the simple features of most other megabats, the appearance of which has been likened to a frightened horse.[12]
The recognised taxa are named in the vernacular as tube-nosed fruit bats or tube-nosed bats, and includes the following
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