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TUBE-NOSED FRUIT BATNyctimene©Piotr Naskrecki/Conservation International The furry creature gets its name due to its distinctive mustard-yellow nose, with its tubular nostrils a change from the more common leaf-nosed bat. This is a previously seen but still undescribed species endemic to the forests of Papua New Guinea. Read more: http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/843167-tube-nosed-fruit-bat-found-in-papua-new-guinea#ixzz1ERFp45ys hexapoda: A tube-nosed fruit bat of the Nyctimene species, which is one of the exotic animals, (some completely new to science), which have been discovered by experts from Conservation International on a trip to Papua New Guinea (via Pictures of the day: 6 October 2010 - Telegraph)

TUBE-NOSED FRUIT BAT
Nyctimene
©Piotr Naskrecki/Conservation International

The furry creature gets its name due to its distinctive mustard-yellow nose, with its tubular nostrils a change from the more common leaf-nosed bat.

This is a previously seen but still undescribed species endemic to the forests of Papua New Guinea.


Read more: http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/843167-tube-nosed-fruit-bat-found-in-papua-new-guinea#ixzz1ERFp45ys

hexapoda:

A tube-nosed fruit bat of the Nyctimene species, which is one of the exotic animals, (some completely new to science), which have been discovered by experts from Conservation International on a trip to Papua New Guinea

(via Pictures of the day: 6 October 2010 - Telegraph)

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