Round-eared tube-nosed fruit bat

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]

Round-eared 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. cyclotis
Binomial name
Nyctimene cyclotis
K. Andersen, 1910
Round-eared tube-nosed fruit bat range

References

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  1. ^ a b c Armstrong, K.N. (2021). "Nyctimene cyclotis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T14955A22008406. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T14955A22008406.en. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
  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.