The lesser tube-nosed fruit bat or unstriped tube-nosed bat (''Paranyctimene raptor'') 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 found in West Papua,

Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guine ...

and

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 ...

Taxonomy

First described by George H. H. Tate in 1942, the species was re-diagnosed when a

sympatric In biology, two related species or populations are considered sympatric when they exist in the same geographic area and thus frequently encounter one another. An initially interbreeding population that splits into two or more distinct species sh ...

species was described in 2001. The first description did not adequately exclude the new species, and specimens previously recorded as ''Paranyctimene raptor'' may have been misdiagnosed. The 2001 revision re-allocated specimens from the type locality, and did not recognise the taxon ''Paranyctimene'' except as a subgenus of '' Nyctimene''.

References

Paranyctimene Bats of Oceania Mammals of Papua New Guinea Mammals of Western New Guinea Mammals described in 1942 Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Bats of Indonesia Taxa named by George Henry Hamilton Tate Bats of New Guinea {{fruit-bat-stub