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Tube-nosed bat,closeup #123236151
Description
The eastern or Queensland tube-nosed bat, Nyctimene robinsoni, is a megabat in the family Pteropodidae that lives in north-eastern Australia. N. robinsoni is one of the few species in Pteropodidae that roosts solitarily. They get their common name from their raised tubular nostrils which is unlike most other species in the family. They are a deep brown with gray heads and sparse yellow spotting.