The lesser tube-nosed fruit bat or unstriped tube-nosed bat (Paranyctimene raptor) is a species of megabat in the family Pteropodidae found in West Papua, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.[1]
| Lesser tube-nosed fruit bat | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Pteropodidae |
| Genus: | Paranyctimene |
| Species: | P. raptor
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| Binomial name | |
| Paranyctimene raptor | |
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| Lesser tube-nosed fruit bat range | |
Taxonomy
editFirst described by George H. H. Tate in 1942, the species was re-diagnosed when a sympatric species was described in 2001. The first description did not adequately exclude the new species, and specimens previously recorded as Paranyctimene raptor may have been misdiagnosed. The 2001 revision re-allocated specimens from the type locality, and did not recognise the taxon Paranyctimene except as a subgenus of Nyctimene.[3]
References
edit- ^ a b Armstrong, K.N. (2021). "Paranyctimene raptor". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T16174A22070463. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T16174A22070463.en. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
- ^ Tate, G.H.H; Archbold Expedition to New Guinea 1936-1937) (1942). "A new genus and species of fruit bats, allied to Nyctimene". American Museum Novitates (1204): 1. hdl:2246/4765.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Bergmans, W. (2001). "Notes on distribution and taxonomy of australasian bats. I. Pteropodinae and Nyctimeninae (Mammalia, Megachiroptera, Pteropodidae)". Beaufortia. 51 (8): 119–152.
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