Nyctimene (genus)

Nyctimene
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Chiroptera
Family:	Pteropodidae
Subfamily:	Pteropodinae
Genus:	Nyctimene Rafinesque, 1815
Species
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Nyctimene is a genus of megabats in the Pteropodidae family.^{[1][2][3][4][5]} They are distributed in the central Philippines, eastern Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and the north eastern tip of Queensland, Australia.^[6][7]

It contains these species:

Genus Nyctimene

• Broad-striped Tube-nosed Fruit Bat, Nyctimene aello
• Common Tube-nosed Fruit Bat, Nyctimene albiventer
  • Nyctimene (albiventer) papuanus
• Pallas's Tube-nosed Fruit Bat, Nyctimene cephalotes
• Dark Tube-nosed Fruit Bat, Nyctimene celaeno
• Mountain Tube-nosed Fruit Bat, Nyctimene certans
• Round-eared Tube-nosed Fruit Bat, Nyctimene cyclotis
• Dragon Tube-nosed Fruit Bat, Nyctimene draconilla
• Keast's Tube-nosed Fruit Bat, Nyctimene keasti
• Island Tube-nosed Fruit Bat, Nyctimene major
• Malaita Tube-nosed Fruit Bat, Nyctimene malaitensis
• Demonic Tube-nosed Fruit Bat, Nyctimene masalai
• Lesser Tube-nosed Bat, Nyctimene minutus
• Philippine Tube-nosed Fruit Bat, Nyctimene rabori
• Eastern Tubenosed Bat, Nyctimene robinsoni
• Nendo Tube-nosed Fruit Bat, Nyctimene sanctacrucis
• Umboi Tube-nosed Fruit Bat, Nyctimene vizcaccia

References

1. ^ 2010 Annual Checklist :: Taxonomic tree. Catalogue of Life. Retrieved on 2010-11-02.
2. ^ Namebank Record Detail. Ubio.org (2005-09-22). Retrieved on 2010-11-02.
3. ^ ION: Index to Organism Names. Organismnames.com. Retrieved on 2010-11-02.
4. ^ ITIS Standard Report Page: Nyctimene. Itis.gov. Retrieved on 2010-11-02.
5. ^ Nyctimene - Encyclopedia of Life. Eol.org. Retrieved on 2010-11-02.
6. ^ Taxonomy Browser. BOLD Systems (1999-02-22). Retrieved on 2010-11-02.
7. ^ Data Use Agreement - GBIF Portal. Data.gbif.org (2007-02-22). Retrieved on 2010-11-02.

• 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

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• [2]
• 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.