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  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classMammalia
  4. ›orderChiroptera
  5. ›familyPteropodidae
  6. ›genusNyctimene
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IUCN LC · Least concern

Happy Tube-nosed Fruit Bat

Nyctimene wrightae Irwin, 2017

Also calledNyctimeéne de Wright (fra) · Wright-Réhrennasenflughund (deu) · Wright-Röhrennasenflughund (deu)

Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF

description

Condition. Cranium, mandible and body complete and in good condition.

Type Specimens of Non-fossil Mammals in the Australian Museum, Sydney

discussion

Comments. A total of 29 paratypes, other paratypes are in the BBM, BMNH, PNGM and WAM.

Type Specimens of Non-fossil Mammals in the Australian Museum, Sydney

distribution

Type locality. Namosado (06 ° 15 ' S 142 ° 47 ' E), [750 – 1000 m alt., from field datasheet], Southern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea. Altitude of 500 m given in original account arose from AM database-error.

Type Specimens of Non-fossil Mammals in the Australian Museum, Sydney

materials_examined

Holotype. M. 16423 by original designation. Female adult, [Field no. U 35] skull, body in alc., collected on 7 November 1985 by Dr Ken Aplin.

Type Specimens of Non-fossil Mammals in the Australian Museum, Sydney

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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 11117820.