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Species Nyctimene robinsoni Thomas, 1904

Eastern Tube-nosed Bat, Queensland Tube-nosed Bat

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IBRA

NSW, Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Coastal, frugivorous, mellivore, subtropical.

Extra Ecological Information

Probably solitary.

 

General References

Birt, P., Hall, L.S. & Smith, G.C. 1997. Ecomorphology of the tongues of Australian Megachiroptera (Chiroptera: Pteropidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 45: 369-384

Donnellan, S.C., Reardon, T.B. & Flannery, T.F. 1995. Electophoretic resolution of species boundaries in tube-nosed bats (Chiroptera: Pteropidae) in Australia and Papua New Guinea. Australian Mammalogy 18: 61-70

Felten, H. 1958. Gespenstfledermaus und Röhrennasen-Flughund. Natur und Volk 88: 361-369

Hall, L.S., Richards, G.C. & Spencer, H.J. 1995. Eastern Tube-nosed Bat Nyctimene robinsoni. pp. 426-428 in Strahan, R. (ed.). The Mammals of Australia: The National Photographic Index of Australian Wildlife. Sydney : Reed New Holland 756 pp.

Hall, L.S., Richards, G.C. & Spencer, H.J. 2008. Eastern Tube-nosed Bat, Nyctimene robinsoni. pp. 430-431 in van Dyck, S. & Strahan, R. The Mammals of Australia. Third Edition. Sydney : Reed New Holland 887 pp.

Hall, L.S. & Pettigrew, J. 1995. The bat with the stereo nose. Australian Natural History 24(12): 26-28

Loveless, A.M. & McBee, K. 2017. Nyctimene robinsoni (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae). Mammalian Species 49(949): 68–75

McKean, J.L. & Hamilton-Smith, E. 1967. Litter size and maternity sites in Australian bats (Chiroptera). Victorian Naturalist 84: 203-206

Mickleburgh, S.P., Hutson, A.M. & Racey, P.A. (Compilers) 1992. Old World Fruit Bats: An action plan for their conservation. Gland : IUCN 252 pp.

Richards, G. 1986. Notes on the natural history of the Queensland tube-nosed bat, Nyctimene robinsoni. Macroderma 2: 64-67

Schulz, M. 1997. Notes on the eastern tube-nosed bat, Nyctimene robinsoni, from the Richmond Range, north-eastern New South Wales. Australian Mammalogy 20: 127-130

Spencer, H.J. & Fleming, T.H. 1989. Roosting and foraging behaviour of the Queensland tube-nosed bat, Nyctimene robinsoni (Pteropidae): preliminary radiotracking observations. Australian Wildlife Research 16: 413-420

Stephan, H., Nelson, J.E. & Frahm, H.D. 1981. Brain size comparison in Chiroptera. Zeitschrift für Zoologische Systematik und Evolutionsforschung 19: 195-222

Stephan, H. & Nelson, J.E. 1981. Brains of Australian Chiroptera 1. Encephalization and macromorphology. Australian Journal of Zoology 29: 653-670

Storch, G. 1968. Funktionsmorphologische Untersuchungen an der Kaumuskulatur und an korrelierten Schädelstrukturen der Chiropteren. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 517: 1-92

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
12-Dec-2022 CHIROPTERA 12-Dec-2022 MOVED
04-Dec-2018 CHIROPTERA 02-Oct-2018 MODIFIED
17-Nov-2010 17-Nov-2010 MOVED
04-Dec-2018 17-Nov-2010 MOVED
12-Feb-2010 (import)