Steadfast tube-nosed fruit bat

The steadfast tube-nosed fruit bat (Paranyctimene tenax) is a species of megabat in the family Pteropodidae found in West Papua, Indonesia, and Papua New Guinea.

Steadfast tube-nosed fruit bat
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Chiroptera
Family:	Pteropodidae
Genus:	Paranyctimene
Species:	P. tenax
Binomial name
Paranyctimene tenax Bergmans, 2001[2]
Range

The species was first proposed as a subgeneric arrangement of Nyctimene, published as Nyctimene (Paranyctimene) tenax.^[2] The epithet tenax, derived from the Latin for 'steadfast', was intended to describe the conservation work of Peter Nijhoff, whose retirement was announced when the new species was discovered.^[2] The subspecific epithet marculus, derived from Latin, translates as 'little hammer' and the diminutive form of Marc Argeloo's name, a dedication to his collections of bats for the Amsterdam Zoological Museum. Two subspecies were recognised by Mammal Species of the World (2005).^[3]

• Paranyctimene

• Paranyctimene raptor (Lesser tube-nosed fruit bat), the type, first proposed in 1942.
• Paranyctimene tenax Bergmans, 2001^[2] (Steadfast tube-nosed fruit bat)

The species is larger than Paranyctimene raptor, with recorded forearm measurements of 51.0 to 54.9 millimetres, and the greatest length of the skull in a range of 25.2–27.2 mm for both subspecies. ^[2]