Lesser tube-nosed fruit bat
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Conservation status
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Chiroptera |
Family: | Pteropodidae |
Genus: | Paranyctimene |
Species: | P. raptor
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Binomial name | |
Paranyctimene raptor Tate, 1942[2]
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Lesser tube-nosed fruit bat range |
The lesser tube-nosed fruit bat or unstriped tube-nosed bat (Paranyctimene raptor) is a species of megabat in the family Pteropodidae found in West Papua, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.[1]
Taxonomy[]
First described by George H. H. Tate in 1942, the species was re-diagnosed when a sympatric species was described in 2001. The first description did not adequately exclude the new species, and specimens previously recorded as Paranyctimene raptor may have been misdiagnosed. The 2001 revision re-allocated specimens from the type locality, and did not recognise the taxon Paranyctimene except as a subgenus of Nyctimene.[3]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b Bonaccorso, F. & Helgen, K. (2008). "Paranyctimene raptor". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008: e.T16174A5492793. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T16174A5492793.en.
- ^ Tate, G.H.H; Archbold Expedition to New Guinea 1936-1937) (1942). "A new genus and species of fruit bats, allied to Nyctimene". American Museum Novitates. 1204: 1. hdl:2246/4765.
- ^ Bergmans, W. (2001). "Notes on distribution and taxonomy of australasian bats. I. Pteropodinae and Nyctimeninae (Mammalia, Megachiroptera, Pteropodidae)". Beaufortia. 51 (8): 119–152.
Categories:
- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Paranyctimene
- Bats of Oceania
- Mammals of Papua New Guinea
- Mammals of Western New Guinea
- Mammals described in 1942
- Bats of Indonesia
- Taxa named by George Henry Hamilton Tate
- Fruit bat stubs