The Nendo tube-nosed fruit bat or the Santa Cruz tube-nosed fruit bat (Nyctimene sanctacrucis), is an extinct megabat from the Santa Cruz Group of the Solomon Islands, near the eastern limit of the distribution of tube-nosed fruit bats. It had tube-like nostrils and had a wingspan of about 40 cm. The last record was from the island of Nendo in 1907. The only specimen was a female donated to the Australian Museum, Sydney, in 1892. It may have become extinct due to forest destruction.
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| - The Nendo tube-nosed fruit bat or the Santa Cruz tube-nosed fruit bat (Nyctimene sanctacrucis), is an extinct megabat from the Santa Cruz Group of the Solomon Islands, near the eastern limit of the distribution of tube-nosed fruit bats. It had tube-like nostrils and had a wingspan of about 40 cm. The last record was from the island of Nendo in 1907. The only specimen was a female donated to the Australian Museum, Sydney, in 1892. It may have become extinct due to forest destruction.
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| - Santa Cruz Tube-nosed Fruit Bat
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| - The Nendo tube-nosed fruit bat or the Santa Cruz tube-nosed fruit bat (Nyctimene sanctacrucis), is an extinct megabat from the Santa Cruz Group of the Solomon Islands, near the eastern limit of the distribution of tube-nosed fruit bats. It had tube-like nostrils and had a wingspan of about 40 cm. The last record was from the island of Nendo in 1907. The only specimen was a female donated to the Australian Museum, Sydney, in 1892. It may have become extinct due to forest destruction.
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