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NYCTIMENE [2 records]

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Record 1 2018-05-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Farm Animals
  • Mammals

French

Domaine(s)
  • Animaux de ferme
  • Mammifères

Spanish

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Record 2 2016-02-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mammals
Universal entry(ies)
Nyctimene
Latin
OBS

A bat of the family Pteropodidae.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mammifères
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Nyctimene
Latin
CONT

Le genre Nyctimene [se] reconnaît à ses prémaxillaires formant en avant une symphyse haute, à ses canines proclives et à ses molaires sans tubercules distincts [...] Les narines sont nettement tubulaires et la queue bien développée. Une ligne sombre dorsale; des taches jaunâtres sur les ailes. Des Célèbes à l'Australie du Nord et à l'archipel Bismarck.

OBS

Chauve-souris de la famille des Pteropodidae.

Spanish

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