Nyctimene masalai
J. D. Smith & Hood, 1983
Demonic Tube-nosed Fruit Bat
Taxonomy
| Subclass | : Theria |
| Infraclass | : Placentalia |
| Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
| Superorder | : Laurasiatheria |
| Order | : Chiroptera |
| Suborder | : Pteropodiformes |
| Superfamily | : Pteropodoidea |
| Family | : Pteropodidae |
| Subfamily | : Nyctimeninae |
| Genus | : Nyctimene |
Species status
Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005
Authority citation
Smith, J.D. and Hood, C.S. 1983. A new species of tube-nosed fruit bat (Nyctimene) from the Bismarck Archipelago, Papua New Guinea. Occasional Papers, Museum of Texas Tech University 81:1-14.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/55635380Original name as described
Nyctimene masalai
Other common names
Demonic Tube-nosed Bat
Type material
LACM:Mamm:65798
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
"Ralum, 10 m., New Ireland Island, New Ireland Prov[ince]., Papua New Guinea (lat. 3° 33' S, long. 152° 22' E)."
Biogeographic realm
Australasia
Country distribution
Papua New Guinea
IUCN Red List status
Not Evaluated
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