NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD
Keast's Tube-nosed Fruit Bat
Nyctimene keasti Kitchener in Kitchener, Packer & Maryanto, 1993
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.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Nyctimene keasti Kitchener in Kitchener, Packer & Maryanto, 1993
- Name authority
- Kitchener in Kitchener, Packer & Maryanto, 1993
- Common name
- Keast's 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 keasti Kitchener in Kitchener, Packer & Maryanto, 1993
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 |
| Dragon Tube-nosed Fruit BatNyctimene draconilla Thomas, 1915 | 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.
- Kitchener, Packer & Maryanto, 1993 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:485LH. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.