Demonic Tube-nosed Fruit Bat
Nyctimene masalai Smith & Hood, 1983
Also calledNeumecklenburg-Röhrennasenflughund (deu) · Nyctimene de Nouvelle-Irlande (fra) · Rurkonos demoniczny (pol) · kaloň démonický (ces) · uuden-irlanninputkikuono (fin) · マサラテングフルーツコウモリ (jpn) · 악령관코과일박쥐 (kor)
First described in: Smith, James Dale, and Craig S. Hood. (1983). A new species of tube-nosed bat (Nyctimene) from the Bismark Archipelago, Papua New Guinea. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Texas Tech University, No. 81.
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. Apparently included in vizcaccia by Bonaccorso (1998). Bergmans (2001) questioned the validity of this species but continued to list it as a separate taxon pending a revision. Treated as distinct by Emmons and Kinbag (2002).
Order Chiroptera - Family Pteropodidae
biology_ecology
Habitat. Probably forested habitats. Recorded around sea level.
Pteropodidae
biology_ecology
Movements, Home range and Social organization. No information.
Pteropodidae
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 5218627.