Nyctimene (genus)
Template:Short description Template:Automatic Taxobox Nyctimene is a genus of bats in the Pteropodidae family.[1] Commonly known as tube-nosed fruit bats or yoda bats,[2][3][4][5][6] they are found in the central Philippines, eastern Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and the north-east coast of Australia.[7][8]
Taxonomy
The genus was described by Moritz Balthasar Borkhausen in 1797.[9][10] The name Nyctimene, derived from Ancient Greek, does not mean ‘night moon’ as has been suggested, but roughly 'who stays up at night'.Template:Fact
Description
The 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
The 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
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- ↑ 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.
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Further reading
- 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.