Steadfast tube-nosed fruit bat
| Steadfast tube-nosed fruit bat | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Pteropodidae |
| Genus: | Paranyctimene |
| Species: | P. tenax |
| Binomial name | |
| Paranyctimene tenax Bergmans, 2001 | |
The steadfast tube-nosed fruit bat (Paranyctimene tenax tenax) is a species of megabat in the family Pteropodidae found in West Papua, Indonesia, and Papua New Guinea.
References
- "Mammals described from the Papuan region between 1995 and 2010."
- Wilson, Don E. and DeeAnn M. Reeder. (2005). Mammal species of the world: a taxonomic and geographic reference, Volume 1. Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0.
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