Eastern Tubenosed Bat

Taxobox
name = Eastern Tubenosed Bat
status = LR/lc
status_system = iucn2.3
status_ref = IUCN2006|assessors=Chiroptera Specialist Group|year=1996|id=14966|title=Nyctimene robinsoni|downloaded=2007-09-30 Listed as Least Concern (LR/lc A1b v2.3)]


image_caption = "Nyctimene robinsoni"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Chiroptera
familia = Pteropodidae
genus = "Nyctimene"
species = "N. robinsoni"
binomial = "Nyctimene robinsoni"
binomial_authority = Thomas, 1904
range_

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range_map_caption = Range of "Nyctimene robinsoni" (indicated by darker shading)The Eastern or Queensland Tubenosed Bat ("Nyctimene robinsoni") is a fruit bat in the family Pteropodidae. "N. robinsoni" is one of the few species in Pteropodidae that roosts solitarily. They get there common name from there raised tubular nostrils which is unlike most other species in the family. They are a deep brown with gray heads and sparse yellow spotting

References

* Spencer, H.J., Fleming, T.H. 1989, ‘Roosting and Foraging Behaviour of the Queensland Tube-nosed Bat, Nyctimene robinsoni (Pteropodidae): preliminary Radio-tracking Observations’ Australian Wildlife Research, Vol.16, 413-420.
* DEC 2005, Eastern Tube-nosed Bat – profile, department of environment and conservation, accessed 7 September 2006 from .