Queensland Tube-nosed Fruit Bat
Nyctimene robinsoni
- Class
- Mammal
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 142
- Most observed in
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
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.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Eastern tube-nosed bat”.