Nyctimene is a genus of bats in the Pteropodidae family.[2] Commonly known as tube-nosed fruit bats or yoda bats,[3][4][5][6][7] they are found in the central Philippines, eastern Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and the north-east coast of Australia.[8][9]
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| Eastern tube-nosed bat, Nyctimene robinsoni | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Pteropodidae |
| Subfamily: | Pteropodinae |
| Tribe: | Cynopterini |
| Subtribe: | Nyctimenina |
| Genus: | Nyctimene Borkhausen, 1797.[1] |
| Type species | |
| Vespertilio cephalotes Pallas, 1767
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Taxonomy
editThe genus was erected by Moritz Balthasar Borkhausen in 1797.[1][10] The name Nyctimene, derived from Ancient Greek, does not mean ‘night moon’ as been suggested, but roughly 'who stays up at night'.
Description
editThe facial features of the species are distinguished by projecting nostrils, rather than the simple features of most other megabats, the appearance of which has been likened to a frightened horse.[11]
Species
editThe recognised taxa are named in the vernacular as tube-nosed fruit bats or tube-nosed bats, and includes the following
- Broad-striped tube-nosed bat, Nyctimene aello
- Common tube-nosed bat, Nyctimene albiventer
- Pallas's tube-nosed bat, Nyctimene cephalotes
- Dark tube-nosed bat, Nyctimene celaeno
- Mountain tube-nosed bat, Nyctimene certans
- Round-eared tube-nosed bat, Nyctimene cyclotis
- Dragon tube-nosed bat, Nyctimene draconilla
- Keast's tube-nosed bat, Nyctimene keasti
- Island tube-nosed bat, Nyctimene major
- Malaita tube-nosed bat, Nyctimene malaitensis
- Demonic tube-nosed bat, Nyctimene masalai
- Lesser tube-nosed bat, Nyctimene minutus
- Philippine tube-nosed bat, Nyctimene rabori
- Eastern tube-nosed bat, Nyctimene robinsoni
- Nendo tube-nosed bat, Nyctimene sanctacrucis
- Umboi tube-nosed bat, Nyctimene vizcaccia
- New Guinea tube-nosed bat, Nyctimene wrightae[12]
References
edit- ^ a b Borkhausen, Moritz Balthasar (1797). Deutsche Fauna, oder, Kurzgefasste Naturgeschichte der Thiere Deutschlands. bey Varrentrapp und Wenner. p. 86.
- ^ Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M., eds. (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- ^ 2010 Annual Checklist :: Taxonomic tree. Catalogue of Life. Retrieved on 2010-11-02.
- ^ Namebank Record Detail. Ubio.org (2005-09-22). Retrieved on 2010-11-02.
- ^ ION: Index to Organism Names. Organismnames.com. Retrieved on 2010-11-02.
- ^ ITIS Standard Report Page: Nyctimene. Itis.gov. Retrieved on 2010-11-02.
- ^ Nyctimene - Encyclopedia of Life. Eol.org. Retrieved on 2010-11-02.
- ^ Taxonomy Browser. BOLD Systems (1999-02-22). Retrieved on 2010-11-02.
- ^ Data Use Agreement - GBIF Portal. Data.gbif.org (2007-02-22). Retrieved on 2010-11-02.
- ^ Simmons, N.B. (2005). "Order Chiroptera". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 312–529. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- ^ Hall, L.S. (1983). "Queensland Tube-nosed bat Nyctimene robinsoni". In Strahan, R. (ed.). Complete book of Australian mammals. The national photographic index of Australian wildlife. London: Angus & Robertson. pp. 286–287. ISBN 0207144540.
- ^ Irwin, Nancy (9 August 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. doi:10.3853/j.2201-4349.69.2017.1654.
Further reading
edit- Taxonomy browser (Nyctimene)
- Biography for Nyctimene
- The mammals on our stamps. Descriptions of the mammals featured on Papua New Guinea's October 1980 stamps issue.
- Taxonomic status of Nyctimene (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae) from the Banda, Kai and Aru Islands, Maluku, Indonesia - implications for biogeography.
- Electrophoretic resolution of species boundaries in tube-nosed bats (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae) in Australia and Papua New Guinea.
- Notes on distribution and taxonomy of Australasian bats. I. Pteropodinae and Nyctimeninae (Mammalia, Megachiroptera, Pteropodidae).
- Markedly discordant mitochondrial DNA and allozyme phylogenies of tube-nosed fruit bats, Nyctimene, at the Australian-oriental biogeographical interface.
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