Nendo Tube-nosed Fruit Bat
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The Nendo or Santa Cruz Tube-nosed Fruit Bat (Nyctimene sanctacrucis) is an extinct megabat
from the Santa Cruz Group of the Solomon Islands
, near the eastern limit of the distribution of tube-nosed fruit bat
s. It had tube-like nostrils and had a wingspan of about 40 cm.
The last record was from the island of Nendo in 1907. The only specimen was a female donated to the Australian Museum
, Sydney
, in 1892. It may have become extinct due to forest destruction.
Megabat
Megabats constitute the suborder Megachiroptera, family Pteropodidae of the order Chiroptera . They are also called fruit bats, old world fruit bats, or flying foxes.-Description:...
from the Santa Cruz Group of the Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands is a sovereign state in Oceania, east of Papua New Guinea, consisting of nearly one thousand islands. It covers a land mass of . The capital, Honiara, is located on the island of Guadalcanal...
, near the eastern limit of the distribution of tube-nosed fruit bat
Megabat
Megabats constitute the suborder Megachiroptera, family Pteropodidae of the order Chiroptera . They are also called fruit bats, old world fruit bats, or flying foxes.-Description:...
s. It had tube-like nostrils and had a wingspan of about 40 cm.
The last record was from the island of Nendo in 1907. The only specimen was a female donated to the Australian Museum
Australian Museum
The Australian Museum is the oldest museum in Australia, with an international reputation in the fields of natural history and anthropology. It features collections of vertebrate and invertebrate zoology, as well as mineralogy, palaeontology, and anthropology...
, Sydney
Sydney
Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
, in 1892. It may have become extinct due to forest destruction.