Demonic tube-nosed fruit bat

Demonic tube-nosed fruit bat
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Pteropodidae
Genus: Nyctimene
Species:
N. masalai
Binomial name
Nyctimene masalai
Demonic tube-nosed fruit bat range

The demonic tube-nosed fruit bat (Nyctimene masalai) is a species of bat in the family Pteropodidae. It is endemic to Papua New Guinea. The holotype specimen was collected in 1979 on New Ireland, in the Bismarck Archipelago. It was described as a new species in 1983.[2] The range of the species may extend to other islands, however the extent of the range is not presently known.[1]

  1. ^ a b Leary, T.; Helgen, K. (2020). "Nyctimene masalai". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T14959A22008122. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T14959A22008122.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Smith et al., 1983 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
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