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Nyctimene certans

Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Classis: Mammalia
Subclassis: Theria
Infraclassis: Eutheria
Ordo: Chiroptera
Subordo: Megachiroptera
Familia: Pteropodidae
Subfamilia: Pteropodinae
Tribus: Cynopterini
Subtribus: Nyctimenina
Genus: Nyctimene
Species: Nyctimene certans

Name

Nyctimene certans K. Andersen, 1912

Type locality: New Guinea, Prov. of Papua, Mount Goliath.

References

* K. Andersen. 1912. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, ser. 9, 8: 95.


Distribution

* New Guinea


Vernacular names
English: Mountain Tube-nosed Fruit Bat

The Mountain Tube-nosed Fruit Bat (Nyctimene certans) is a species of megabat in the Pteropodidae family. It is found in West Papua, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.
Source

Chiroptera Specialist Group 1996. Nyctimene certans. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 30 July 2007.

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