Malaita Tube-nosed Fruit Bat
Nyctimene malaitensis Phillips, 1968
Also calledMalaita-Rohrennasenflughund (deu) · Malaita-Röhrennasenflughund (deu) · Nyctimene de Malaita (fra) · Pipistrello naso tubolare di Malaita (ita) · Rurkonos salomoński (pol) · kaloň malaitský (ces) · malaitanputkikuono (fin) · Малаитский крылан (rus) · マライタテングフルーツコウモリ (jpn) · 말레이타관코과일박쥐 (kor)
First described in: Phillips, Carleton J. (1968). Systematics of Megachiropteran bats in the Solomon Islands. University of Kansas Publications, Vol. 16, No. 8.
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. The species occurs in primary tropical moist forest.
== References ==
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
conservation
Conservation: IUCN / SSC Action Plan (1992) – No Data: Limited Distribution. IUCN 2003 – Vulnerable.
Order Chiroptera - Family Pteropodidae
discussion
Discussion: albiventer species group. Possibly a synonym of vizcaccia; see Flannery (1995 b) but note that he used the name bougainville for the latter taxon.
Order Chiroptera - Family Pteropodidae
biology_ecology
Habitat. Lowland primary forests, montane forests, secondary forests, and gardens from sea level up to elevations of ¢. 1100 m.
Pteropodidae
biology_ecology
Movements, Home range and Social organization. No information.
Pteropodidae
Where it has been recorded
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Nyctimene malaitensis in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 5218638.