Steadfast Tube-nosed Fruit Bat
Encyclopedia
The Steadfast Tube-nosed Fruit Bat (Paranyctimene tenax tenax) is a species of megabat
in the Pteropodidae family. It is found in West Papua, Indonesia
and Papua New Guinea
.
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:...
in the Pteropodidae family. It is found in West Papua, Indonesia
Indonesia
Indonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an...
and Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea , officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is a country in Oceania, occupying the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and numerous offshore islands...
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Footnotes
- "Mammals described from the Papuan region between 1995 and 2010." http://mammals-of-papua.webs.com/newlydescribed.htm
- Wilson, Don E. and DeeAnn M. Reeder. (2005). Mammal species of the world: a taxonomic and geographic reference, Volume 1. John Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0801882210.