nyctimene

Eigenname

A noun referring to a genus of East Indian fruit bats, commonly known as tube-nosed fruit bats.

• 🇩🇪Substantiv, das eine Gattung der Flughunde bezeichnet, die als Röhrennasenflughunde bekannt sind.

1. Genus of fruit bats C2 formal scientific

   A genus of bats in the family Pteropodidae, commonly known as tube-nosed fruit bats, native to East Indian and Australasian regions.

   • The Nyctimene genus includes several species of fruit bats found in the rainforests of Indonesia.
   • Researchers observed Nyctimene bats feeding on figs in the canopy.
   • Nyctimene bats are characterized by their distinctive tubular nostrils.

   🇩🇪Röhrennasenflughunde

   Synonyme: tube-nosed fruit bat