Nyctimene
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Nyctimene (genus)
| Nyctimene | |
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| Eastern Tube-nosed Bat, Nyctimene robinsoni | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Pteropodidae |
| Subfamily: | Pteropodinae |
| Genus: | Nyctimene Rafinesque, 1815 |
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Nyctimene is a genus of megabats in the Pteropodidae family.[1][2][3][4][5] They are distributed in the central Philippines, eastern Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and the north eastern tip of Queensland, Australia.[6][7]
It contains these species:
Genus Nyctimene
- Broad-striped Tube-nosed Fruit Bat, Nyctimene aello
- Common Tube-nosed Fruit Bat, Nyctimene albiventer
- Nyctimene (albiventer) papuanus
- Pallas's Tube-nosed Fruit Bat, Nyctimene cephalotes
- Dark Tube-nosed Fruit Bat, Nyctimene celaeno
- Mountain Tube-nosed Fruit Bat, Nyctimene certans
- Round-eared Tube-nosed Fruit Bat, Nyctimene cyclotis
- Dragon Tube-nosed Fruit Bat, Nyctimene draconilla
- Keast's Tube-nosed Fruit Bat, Nyctimene keasti
- Island Tube-nosed Fruit Bat, Nyctimene major
- Malaita Tube-nosed Fruit Bat, Nyctimene malaitensis
- Demonic Tube-nosed Fruit Bat, Nyctimene masalai
- Lesser Tube-nosed Bat, Nyctimene minutus
- Philippine Tube-nosed Fruit Bat, Nyctimene rabori
- Eastern Tube-nosed Bat, Nyctimene robinsoni
- Nendo Tube-nosed Fruit Bat, Nyctimene sanctacrucis
- Umboi Tube-nosed Fruit Bat, Nyctimene vizcaccia
References
- ^ 2010 Annual Checklist :: Taxonomic tree. Catalogue of Life. Retrieved on 2010-11-02.
- ^ Namebank Record Detail. Ubio.org (2005-09-22). Retrieved on 2010-11-02.
- ^ ION: Index to Organism Names. Organismnames.com. Retrieved on 2010-11-02.
- ^ ITIS Standard Report Page: Nyctimene. Itis.gov. Retrieved on 2010-11-02.
- ^ Nyctimene - Encyclopedia of Life. Eol.org. Retrieved on 2010-11-02.
- ^ Taxonomy Browser. BOLD Systems (1999-02-22). Retrieved on 2010-11-02.
- ^ Data Use Agreement - GBIF Portal. Data.gbif.org (2007-02-22). Retrieved on 2010-11-02.
- D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder, 2005: Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third Edition. The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore
Further reading
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- The mammals on our stamps. Descriptions of the mammals featured on Papua New Guinea's October 1980 stamps issue.
- Taxonomic status of Nyctimene (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae) from the Banda, Kai and Aru Islands, Maluku, Indonesia - implications for biogeography.
- Electrophoretic resolution of species boundaries in tube-nosed bats (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae) in Australia and Papua New Guinea.
- Notes on distribution and taxonomy of Australasian bats. I. Pteropodinae and Nyctimeninae (Mammalia, Megachiroptera, Pteropodidae).
- Markedly discordant mitochondrial DNA and allozyme phylogenies of tube-nosed fruit bats, Nyctimene, at the Australian-oriental biogeographical interface.
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