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Keast's Tube-nosed Fruit Bat
Nyctimene keasti
Keast's tube-nosed fruit bat (Nyctimene keasti) is a species of megabat in the family Pteropodidae found in Babar, Tanimbar, and the Kai Islands. It was named after Colin Keast.
From the article Keast's tube-nosed fruit bat on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
Keast's tube-nosed fruit bat is a species in the 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.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 74797.