Steadfast tube-nosed fruit bat

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 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.

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)

Paranyctimene tenax tenax
Paranyctimene tenax marculus Bergmans, 2001

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]

References

Bonaccorso, F.; Helgen, K. (2008). "Paranyctimene tenax". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008: e.T136836A4345411. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T136836A4345411.en.
Bergmans, W. (2001). "Notes on distribution and taxonomy of australasian bats. I. Pteropodinae and Nyctimeninae (Mammalia, Megachiroptera, Pteropodidae)". Beaufortia. 51 (8): 119–152.
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.

"Mammals described from the Papuan region between 1995 and 2010."

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[iucn_2008-1] Bonaccorso, F.; Helgen, K. (2008). "Paranyctimene tenax". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008: e.T136836A4345411. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T136836A4345411.en.

[Bergmans2001-2] Bergmans, W. (2001). "Notes on distribution and taxonomy of australasian bats. I. Pteropodinae and Nyctimeninae (Mammalia, Megachiroptera, Pteropodidae)". Beaufortia. 51 (8): 119–152.

[MSW-3] 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.