Paranyctimene tenax Bergmans 2001

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Chiroptera - Family Pteropodidae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 313-350 : 332

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.7316519
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11340168
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scientific name	Paranyctimene tenax Bergmans 2001
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Paranyctimene tenax Bergmans 2001 View in CoL

Paranyctimene tenax Bergmans 2001 View in CoL , Beaufortia, 51: 146.

Type Locality: Papua New Guinea, Morobe Province, 32 km SSW of Wau, upstream of Anadea, about 07°36'S, 146°37'E, 850 m. GoogleMaps

Vernacular Names: Steadfast Tube-nosed Fruit Bat.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Paranyctimene tenax subsp. tenax Bergmans 2001

Subspecies Paranyctimene tenax subsp. marculus Bergmans 2001

Distribution: Mainland New Guinea; Waigeo Isl ( Indonesia, Prov. of Papua).

Conservation: IUCN 2003 – not evaluated (new species).

Discussion: Originally placed in Nyctimene (subgenus Paranyctimene ) by Bergmans (2001); see comments under those genera. Many published records referred to raptor may actually represent tenax , see Bergmans (2001).