Nyctimene (genus)

Nyctimene is a genus of bats in the Pteropodidae family. Commonly known as tube-nosed fruit bats,[2][3][4][5][6] they are found in the central Philippines, eastern Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and the north-east coast of Australia.[7][8]

Nyctimene
Eastern tube-nosed bat, Nyctimene robinsoni
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Pteropodidae
Subtribe: Nyctimenina
Genus: Nyctimene
Borkhausen, 1797.[1]
Species

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Taxonomy

The genus was erected by Moritz Balthasar Borkhausen in 1797.[1][9] The name Nyctimene, derived from Ancient Greek, means 'night moon'.[10]

Description

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.[11]

Species

The recognised taxa are named in the vernacular as tube-nosed fruit bats or tube-nosed bats, and includes the following

References
  1. Borkhausen, Moritz Balthasar (1797). Deutsche Fauna, oder, Kurzgefasste Naturgeschichte der Thiere Deutschlands. bey Varrentrapp und Wenner. p. 86.
  2. 2010 Annual Checklist :: Taxonomic tree. Catalogue of Life. Retrieved on 2010-11-02.
  3. Namebank Record Detail. Ubio.org (2005-09-22). Retrieved on 2010-11-02.
  4. ION: Index to Organism Names. Organismnames.com. Retrieved on 2010-11-02.
  5. ITIS Standard Report Page: Nyctimene. Itis.gov. Retrieved on 2010-11-02.
  6. Nyctimene - Encyclopedia of Life. Eol.org. Retrieved on 2010-11-02.
  7. Taxonomy Browser. BOLD Systems (1999-02-22). Retrieved on 2010-11-02.
  8. Data Use Agreement - GBIF Portal. Data.gbif.org (2007-02-22). Retrieved on 2010-11-02.
  9. Simmons, N.B. (2005). "Order Chiroptera". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 312–529. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
  10. Hall, L.S.; Richards, G. (2000). Flying Foxes: Fruit and Blossom Bats of Australia. UNSW Press. ISBN 9780868405612.
  11. Hall, L.S. (1983). "Queensland Tube-nosed bat Nyctimene robinsoni". In Strahan, R. (ed.). Complete book of Australian mammals. The national photographic index of Australian wildlife. London: Angus & Robertson. pp. 286–287. ISBN 0207144540.
  12. Irwin, Nancy (9 August 2017). "A new tube-nosed fruit bat from New Guinea, Nyctimene wrightae sp. nov., a re-diagnosis of N. certans and N. cyclotis (Pteropodidae: Chiroptera), and a review of their conservation status". Records of the Australian Museum. 69 (2): 73–100. doi:10.3853/j.2201-4349.69.2017.1654.
  • 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
  • Taxonomy browser (Nyctimene)
  • Biography for Nyctimene
  • 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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