Round-eared tube-nosed fruit bat

Round-eared tube-nosed fruit bat
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Pteropodidae
Genus: Nyctimene
Species: N. cyclotis
Binomial name
Nyctimene cyclotis
K. Andersen, 1910
Round-eared tube-nosed fruit bat range

The round-eared tube-nosed fruit bat (Nyctimene cyclotis) is a species of bat in the family Pteropodidae. It is possibly conspecific with Nyctimene certans, although the taxonomy remains unresolved.[1] The possible synonymy of the species was investigated by Randolph L. Peterson in 1991, finding the species split into two distinct groups based on morphology.[2] It is found in West Papua and Mansuar Island in Indonesia.[1]

Sources

  1. 1 2 3 Hutson, T.; Suyanto, A.; Helgen, K. & Bonaccorso, F. (2008). "Nyctimene cyclotis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 3.1 (3.1). International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 31 December 2013.
  2. Peterson, R.L. (1991). "Systematic Variation in the Megachiropteran Tube-nosed Bats Nyctimene cyclotis and N. certans". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 206: 26–41.


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