Malaita tube-nosed fruit bat | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Chiroptera |
Family: | Pteropodidae |
Genus: | Nyctimene |
Species: | N. malaitensis
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Binomial name | |
Nyctimene malaitensis Phillips, 1968
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Malaita tube-nosed fruit bat range |
The Malaita tube-nosed fruit bat (Nyctimene malaitensis) is a species of bat in the family Pteropodidae. It is endemic only to the islands of Malaita and Makira (formerly known as San Cristóbal) in the Solomon Islands.[1][2] The species occurs in primary tropical moist forest.[1]