Philippine tube-nosed fruit bat

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. It is threatened by habitat loss due to deforestation.[1] The species is named for Dioscoro S. Rabor who, with several others, first collected the species.[2]

Philippine tube-nosed fruit bat
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Pteropodidae
Genus: Nyctimene
Species:
N. rabori
Binomial name
Nyctimene rabori
Heaney & Peterson, 1984 [2]
Philippine tube-nosed fruit bat range

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).[1][3]

See also

References
  1. Ong, P.; Rosell-Ambal, G.; Tabaranza, B.; Heaney, L.; Ingle, N.; Cariño, A.B.; Pangulatan, L.M.; Pedregosa, M.; Alcala, E. & Helgen, K. (2008). "Nyctimene rabori". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2008: e.T14953A4482609. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T14953A4482609.en.
  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.
  3. Ceferino P. Maala (2001). "Endangered Philippine Wildlife Species with Special Reference to the Philippine Eagle (Pithecophaga jefferyi) and Tamaraw (Bubalus mindorensis)" (PDF). Journal of International Development and Cooperation (国際協力研究誌). IDEC, Hiroshima University. 8 (1): 1–17. ISSN 1341-0903. Retrieved August 6, 2011.


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