Lesser tube-nosed fruit bat

Lesser tube-nosed fruit bat
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Pteropodidae
Genus: Paranyctimene
Species: P. raptor
Binomial name
Paranyctimene raptor
Tate, 1942
Lesser tube-nosed fruit bat range

The lesser tube-nosed fruit bat or unstriped tube-nosed bat (Paranyctimene raptor) is a species of megabat in the family Pteropodidae found in West Papua, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.[1]

References

  1. Chiroptera Specialist Group 1996. Paranyctimene raptor. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 30 July 2007.


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