The Umboi tube-nosed fruit bat (''Nyctimene vizcaccia'') 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 s ...

in the family Pteropodidae. It is found in

Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea ( tpi, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niugini; ho, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niu Gini), is a country i ...

and the

Solomon Islands Solomon Islands is an island country consisting of six major islands and over 900 smaller islands in Oceania, to the east of Papua New Guinea and north-west of Vanuatu. It has a land area of , and a population of approx. 700,000. Its capit ...

References

Nyctimene (genus) Bats of Oceania Mammals of Papua New Guinea Mammals of the Solomon Islands Mammals described in 1914 Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Taxa named by Oldfield Thomas Bats of New Guinea {{fruit-bat-stub