Lesser tube-nosed fruit bat: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the lesser tube-nosed fruit bat lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Paranyctimene raptor
Group	Bats
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	1 country
Continents	Oceania
Class	Mammal
Order	Chiroptera
Family	Pteropodidae

Where does the lesser tube-nosed fruit bat live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the lesser tube-nosed fruit bat in 1 country or territory across Oceania.

Papua New Guinea

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the lesser tube-nosed fruit bat endangered?

The lesser tube-nosed fruit bat’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the lesser tube-nosed fruit bat?

The lesser tube-nosed fruit bat (Paranyctimene raptor) is a mammal in the order Chiroptera and the family Pteropodidae, genus Paranyctimene. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the lesser tube-nosed fruit bat

The lesser tube-nosed fruit bat or unstriped tube-nosed bat (Paranyctimene raptor) is a species of megabat in the family Pteropodidae found in West Papua, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Lesser tube-nosed fruit bat (revision 1358116076), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q1763556 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).