Nyctimene draconilla
O. Thomas, 1922
Dragon Tube-nosed Fruit Bat
Taxonomy
| Subclass | : Theria |
| Infraclass | : Placentalia |
| Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
| Superorder | : Laurasiatheria |
| Order | : Chiroptera |
| Suborder | : Yinpterochiroptera |
| Superfamily | : Pteropodoidea |
| Family | : Pteropodidae |
| Subfamily | : Nyctimeninae |
| Genus | : Nyctimene |
Species status
Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005
Authority citation
Thomas, O. 1922-07-31. On mammals from New Guinea obtained by the Dutch scientific expeditions of recent years. Nova Guinea 13(5):723-740.
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Original name as described
Nyctimene draconilla
Other common names
Dragon Tube-nosed Bat
Type material
BMNH:Mamm:1922.3.22.1
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
Type locality
"Bivak-island, Lorentz River, S. W. New Guinea, " Indonesia.
Biogeographic realm
Australasia
Country distribution
Indonesia · Papua New Guinea
IUCN Red List status
Not Evaluated
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Names and synonyms
Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.
Total: 2 names and synonyms.
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