Nyctimene sanctacrucis

Troughton, 1931

Nendö 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

Troughton, E.L.G. 1931. Three new bats of the genera Pteropus, Nyctimene, and Chaerephon from Melanesia. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 56:204-209.

Original name as described

Nyctimene sanctacrucis

Other common names

Nendö Tube-nosed Bat

Type material

AM M.711

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Santa Cruz I, Temotu Province, Solomon Is.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Solomon Islands

Taxonomy notes

may be included under N. major, but the species is recognized here until further research is done

Taxonomy notes citation

Wilson, D. E. & Mittermeier, R. A.Handbook of the Mammals of the World. 9. Bats. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

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