Malaita tube-nosed fruit bat
| Malaita tube-nosed fruit bat | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Pteropodidae |
| Genus: | Nyctimene |
| Species: | N. malaitensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Nyctimene malaitensis Phillips, 1968 | |
| Malaita tube-nosed fruit bat range | |
The Malaita tube-nosed fruit bat (Nyctimene malaitensis) is a species of bat in the family Pteropodidae. It is endemic only to the islands of Malaita and Makira (formerly known as San Cristóbal) in the Solomon Islands. The species occurs in primary tropical moist forest.