Nendo Tube-nosed Fruit Bat | |
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Information | |
Common Name | Santa Cruz Tube-nosed Fruit Bat |
Range | Santa Cruz Group of the Solomon Islands. |
Scientific Classification | |
Kingdom | Animalia |
Phylum | Chordata |
Class | Mammalia |
Order | Chiroptera |
Family | Pteropodidae |
Genus | Nyctimene |
Species | Nyctimene sanctacrucis |
Conservation Status | |
Data Deficient |
The Nendo tube-nosed fruit bat or the 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 had tube-like nostrils and had a wingspan of about 40 cm.
The last record was from the island of Nendo in 1907. The only specimen was a female donated to the Australian Museum, Sydney, in 1892. It may have become extinct due to forest destruction.