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Keast Reef
Keast may refer to: * Keast's tube-nosed fruit bat * Keast Park, a park in Seaford, Victoria, Australia People with the surname * Jackie Keast, editor of ''If Magazine'', an Australian film industry magazine * James Allen Keast (1922–2009), Australian ornithologist * William Keast (New South Wales politician) (1872–1938), member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly * William Keast (Victorian politician) William Keast (1866 – 22 February 1927) was an Australian politician and member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly for the seats of Dandenong and Berwick and Dandenong between 1900 and 1917. Profile Keast was born in 1866 in Strangways ... (1866–1927), member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly See also * Keaster, a slang term for buttocks * Keats (other) {{disambiguation, surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keast's Tube-nosed Fruit Bat
Keast's tube-nosed fruit bat (''Nyctimene keasti'') is a species of megabat in the family megabat, Pteropodidae found in Babar Islands, Babar, Tanimbar, and the Kai Islands. It was named after Colin Keast. Description Keast's tube-nosed fruit bat is a species in the genus ''Nyctimene (genus), Nyctimene'', which includes bats that have prominent nostrils splaying out in opposite directions. The pelage of the species is gender dimorphic, males are notably darker and fawn-coloured, females are predominantly buff-yellow lightened by a drab colour at the base of the hair. Taxonomy The taxon was first described as a subspecies of ''Nyctimene albiventer'' in 1993. A review of the systematics two years later elevated the status of the group to species and distinguished island populations previously described as ''Nyctimene cephalotes''. The holotype was collected in 1992 in a mist net, close to sea level, at the edge of forest near a lake, on an island in the Maluku (province). The ep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |