Dark tube-nosed fruit bat

Dark tube-nosed fruit bat
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Pteropodidae
Genus: Nyctimene
Species: N. celaeno
Binomial name
Nyctimene celaeno
Thomas, 1922

The dark tube-nosed fruit bat (Nyctimene celaeno) is a species of bat in the family Pteropodidae. It is endemic to Indonesia.[1] The IUCN classifies this species as synonymous with the broad-striped tube-nosed fruit bat (Nyctimene aello), with priority given to that name.[2] However, as of 2013, the ITIS retains this species as separate.[3]

Sources

  1. Chiroptera Specialist Group 1996. Nyctimene celaeno. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 30 July 2007.
  2. Bonaccorso, F. & Helgen, K. (2008). "Nyctimene aello". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 3.1. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 31 December 2013.
  3. "Nyctimene celaeno". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 31 December 2013.


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