The mountain tube-nosed fruit bat (''Nyctimene certans'') is a species of

megabat Megabats constitute the family Pteropodidae of the order Chiroptera (bats). They are also called fruit bats, Old World fruit bats, or—especially the genera ''Acerodon'' and ''Pteropus''—flying foxes. They are the only member of the su ...

in the family Pteropodidae. It is

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsew ...

to New Guinea island and to

New Britain Island New Britain ( tpi, Niu Briten) is the largest island in the Bismarck Archipelago, part of the Islands Region of Papua New Guinea. It is separated from New Guinea by a northwest corner of the Solomon Sea (or with an island hop of Umboi the Da ...

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Nyctimene (genus) Bats of Oceania Bats of Indonesia Mammals of Papua New Guinea Mammals of Western New Guinea Fauna of New Britain Near threatened animals Near threatened biota of Asia Near threatened biota of Oceania Mammals described in 1912 Taxa named by Knud Andersen Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Bats of New Guinea {{fruit-bat-stub