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Philippine tube-nosed fruit bat
Conservation status

Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Pteropodidae
Genus: Nyctimene
Species: N. rabori
Binomial name
Nyctimene rabori
Heaney & Peterson, 1984
Philippine tube-nosed fruit bat range

The Philippine tube-nosed fruit bat (Nyctimene rabori) locally known in Tagalog as Bayakan is a species of bat in the family Pteropodidae. It is endemic to the Philippines and known from the islands of Cebu, Negros and Sibuyan. It occurs in and near primary and secondary subtropical or tropical dry forests. It is often found near water. The species is named for Dioscoro S. Rabor who, with several others, first collected the species.

Other common names of the species include Visayan tube-nosed fruit bat and Rabor's tube-nosed fruit bat.

Conservation

Nyctimene rabori is currently classified as endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). It is threatened by habitat loss due to deforestation.

See also

References

  1. ^ Ong, P.; Rosell-Ambal, R.G.B.; Tabaranza, B.; Heaney, L.; Ingle, N.R.; Carino, A.; Paguntalan, L.; Pedregosa, M.; Alcala, E.; Helgen, K. (2020). "Nyctimene rabori". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T14953A22008716. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T14953A22008716.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  2. ^ Heaney, L. R.; Peterson, R. L. (1984). "A new species of tube-nosed fruit bat (Nyctimene) from Negros Island, Philippines (Mammalia: Pteropodidae)". Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan. 708: 1–16. Archived from the original on 2 January 2014. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
Extant species of family Pteropodidae
Subfamily Nyctimeninae
Nyctimene
(tube-nosed fruit bats)
Paranyctimene
Subfamily Cynopterinae
Aethalops
(Pygmy fruit bats)
Alionycteris
Balionycteris
Chironax
Cynopterus
(Dog-faced fruit bats)
Dyacopterus
(Dayak fruit bats)
Haplonycteris
Latidens
Megaerops
Otopteropus
Penthetor
Ptenochirus
(Musky fruit bats)
Sphaerias
Thoopterus
Subfamily Harpyionycterinae
Aproteles
Dobsonia
(Bare-backed fruit bats)
Harpyionycteris
Subfamily Macroglossinae
Macroglossus
(Long-tongued fruit bats)
Melonycteris
Notopteris
(Long-tailed fruit bats)
Syconycteris
(blossom bats)
Subfamily Pteropodinae
Acerodon
Desmalopex
Eidolon
(Straw-coloured fruit bats)
Mirimiri
Neopteryx
Pteralopex
Pteropus
(flying foxes)
Styloctenium
Subfamily Rousettinae
Eonycteris
(Dawn fruit bats)
Rousettus
(rousette fruit bats)
Subfamily Epomophorinae
Epomophorini
Epomophorus
(Epauleted fruit bats)
Epomops
(Epauleted bats)
Hypsignathus
Micropteropus
(Dwarf epauleted bats)
Nanonycteris
Myonycterini
Lissonycteris
Megaloglossus
Myonycteris
(Little collared fruit bats)
Plerotini
Plerotes
Scotonycterini
Casinycteris
Scotonycteris
Taxon identifiers
Nyctimene rabori
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