Mountain tube-nosed fruit bat

The mountain tube-nosed fruit bat (Nyctimene certans) is a species of megabat in the family Pteropodidae. It is endemic to New Guinea island within Papua New Guinea (nation) and Western New Guinea of Indonesia; and to New Britain Island of Papua New Guinea.

Mountain tube-nosed fruit bat
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Pteropodidae
Genus: Nyctimene
Species:
N. certans
Binomial name
Nyctimene certans
Andersen, 1912
Range

References

  1. Hutson, T.; Suyanto, A.; Helgen, K. & Bonaccorso, F. (2008). "Nyctimene certans". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2008: e.T14964A4484159. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T14964A4484159.en.


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