Eastern tube-nosed bat
| Eastern tube-nosed bat | |
|---|---|
| An individual in care at the Tolga bat hospital. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Pteropodidae |
| Genus: | Nyctimene |
| Species: | N. robinsoni |
| Binomial name | |
| Nyctimene robinsoni Thomas, 1904 | |
| Eastern tube-nosed bat range | |
The eastern or Queensland tube-nosed bat (Nyctimene robinsoni) is a megabat in the family Pteropodidae that lives in north-eastern Australia. N. robinsoni is one of the few species of megabat that roosts solitarily. They get their common name from their raised tubular nostrils which are unlike those of most other species in the family. They are a deep brown with gray heads and sparse yellow spotting.
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