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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER CHIROPTERA
--> FAMILY Pteropodidae
--> GENUS Paranyctimene
SPECIES Paranyctimene tenax
| Author: | Bergmans, 2001. | | Citation: | Beaufortia, 51: 146. | | Common Name: | Steadfast Tube-nosed Fruit Bat | | Type Locality: | Papua New Guinea, Morobe Province, 32 km SSW of Wau, upstream of Anadea, about 07°36'S, 146°37'E, 850 m. | | Distribution: | Mainland New Guinea; Waigeo Isl (Indonesia, Prov. of Papua). | | Status: | IUCN 2003 – not evaluated (new species). | | Comments: | Originally placed in Nyctimene (subgenus Paranyctimene) by Bergmans (2001); see comments under those genera. Many published records referred to raptor may actually represent tenax, see Bergmans (2001). |
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