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Dragon Tube-nosed Fruit Bat
Nyctimene draconilla Thomas, 1915
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
The dragon tube-nosed fruit bat (Nyctimene draconilla) is a species of bat in the family Pteropodidae. It is found on both sides of New Guinea. It is slightly smaller but otherwise similar in appearance to N. albiventer, differing by having more profuse, dark spotting on its wing membranes, and smaller shorter canines. The similarity between the species has been a source of possible misidentifications. The records of this species from Papua New Guinea are associated with freshwater swamps and rivers.
Wikipedia contributors, Dragon tube-nosed fruit bat; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T12:43:53.596291+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Nyctimene draconilla Thomas, 1915
- Name authority
- Thomas, 1915
- Common name
- Dragon Tube-nosed Fruit Bat
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Chiroptera
- Family
- Pteropodidae
- Genus
- Nyctimene
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classMammalia Linnaeus, 1758
- subclassTheria Parker & Haswell, 1897
- infraclassEutheria Gill, 1872
- orderChiroptera Blumenbach, 1779
- suborderYinpterochiroptera Springer, Teeling, Madsen, Stanhope & Jong, 2001
- familyPteropodidae Gray, 1821
- subfamilyNyctimeninae Miller, 1907
- genusNyctimene Borkhausen, 1797
- speciesNyctimene draconilla Thomas, 1915
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Nyctimene. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Broad-striped Tube-nosed Fruit BatNyctimene aello (Thomas, 1900) | PteropodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Common Tube-nosed Fruit BatNyctimene albiventer (Gray, 1863) | PteropodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Pallas's Tube-nosed Fruit BatNyctimene cephalotes (Pallas, 1767) | PteropodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Keast's Tube-nosed Fruit BatNyctimene keasti Kitchener in Kitchener, Packer & Maryanto, 1993 | PteropodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Island Tube-nosed Fruit BatNyctimene major (Dobson, 1877) | PteropodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Demonic Tube-nosed Fruit BatNyctimene masalai Smith & Hood, 1983 | PteropodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Mountain Tube-nosed Fruit BatNyctimene certans K. Andersen, 1912 | PteropodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Malaita Tube-nosed Fruit BatNyctimene malaitensis Phillips, 1968 | PteropodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Philippine Tube-nosed Fruit BatNyctimene rabori Heaney & Peterson, 1984 | PteropodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Queensland Tube-nosed Fruit BatNyctimene robinsoni Thomas, 1904 | PteropodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Umboi Tube-nosed Fruit BatNyctimene vizcaccia Thomas, 1914 | PteropodidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Thomas, & Oldfield. (1915). On mammals from New Guinea obtained by the Dutch scientific expeditions of recent years. Nova Guinea: Résultats de L’expédition Scientifique Néerlandaise À La Nouvelle-Guinée..., Vol. 13. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:485LF. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.