Pallas's tube-nosed bat (Nyctimene cephalotes), also known as the Torresian tube-nosed batornorthern tube-nosed bat, is a species of megabat in the Nyctimene genus found in Indonesia. Its range may extend to New Guinea, but sightings may be attributable to misidentification. Its range may at one time also have extended to Timor, but was extirpated due to habitat loss.[1]
Pallas's tube-nosed bat | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Chiroptera |
Family: | Pteropodidae |
Genus: | Nyctimene |
Species: |
N. cephalotes
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Binomial name | |
Nyctimene cephalotes (Pallas, 1767) | |
Pallas's tube-nosed fruit bat range:
extant
possibly extinct
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