Nendo tube-nosed fruit bat
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Pteropodidae |
| Genus: | Nyctimene |
| Species: | N. sanctacrucis
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| Nyctimene sanctacrucis (Troughton, 1931)
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| Nendo tube-nosed fruit bat former range | |
The Nendo or Santa Cruz tube-nosed fruit bat (Nyctimene sanctacrucis) is a megabat from the Santa Cruz Group of the Solomon Islands, near the eastern limit of the distribution of tube-nosed fruit bats. It has tube-like nostrils and a wingspan of about 40 centimetres (16 in).
The species is known from a single female specimen collected in the late 19th century and donated to the
IUCN due to continuing concerns about the species' taxonomic validity.[1]
References
- ^ . Retrieved 20 November 2021.
Further reading
Flannery, Tim & Schouten, Peter (2001). A Gap in Nature: Discovering the World's Extinct Animals. Atlantic Monthly Press, New York. ISBN 978-0-87113-797-5.
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