The round-eared tube-nosed fruit bat (Nyctimene cyclotis) is a species of bat in the family Pteropodidae. It is possibly conspecific with Nyctimene certans, although the taxonomy remains unresolved.[1] The possible synonymy of the species was investigated by Randolph L. Peterson in 1991, finding the species split into two distinct groups based on morphology.[2] It is found in West Papua and Mansuar Island in Indonesia.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Pteropodidae |
| Genus: | Nyctimene |
| Species: | N. cyclotis
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| Binomial name | |
| Nyctimene cyclotis K. Andersen, 1910
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| Round-eared tube-nosed fruit bat range | |
References
edit- ^ a b c Armstrong, K.N. (2021). "Nyctimene cyclotis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T14955A22008406. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T14955A22008406.en. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
- ^ Peterson, R.L. (1991). "Systematic Variation in the Megachiropteran Tube-nosed Bats Nyctimene cyclotis and N. certans". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 206: 26–41.
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