Nyctimene wrightae
Irwin, 2017
Happy 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
Authority citation
Irwin, N. 2017-08-09. A new tube-nosed fruit bat from New Guinea, _Nyctimene wrightae_ sp. nov., a re-diagnosis of _N. certans_ and _N. cyclotis_ (Pteropodidae: Chiroptera), and a review of their conservation status. Records of the Australian Museum 69(2):73-100.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/59849433Original name as described
Nyctimene wrightae
Other common names
Wright's Happy Tube-nosed Fruit Bat
Type material
AM M.16423
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
"Namosado (06°15'S 142°47'E, 500 m asl), Southern Highlands Province, PNG [= Papua New Guinea]."
Biogeographic realm
Australasia
Country distribution
Indonesia · Papua New Guinea
Taxonomy notes
recently described
Taxonomy notes citation
Irwin, N. (2017). A new Tube-nosed Fruit Bat from New Guinea, Nyctimene wrightae sp. nov., A Re-diagnosis of N. certans and N. cyclotis (Pteropodidae: Chiroptera), and a Review of their Conservation Status. Records of the Australian Museum, 69(2), 73-100.
IUCN Red List status
Least Concern
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