Pallas's Tube-nosed Fruit Bat

Pallas's Tube-nosed Fruit BatPallas's tube-nosed fruit bat is widespread in Indonesia, less common in Papua New Guinea, and known in Australia only from Moa Island. It roosts in rainforest and mangrove trees.What does it look like?The Australian Museum lists it as the Torresian Tube-nosed Bat, and the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service calls it Pallas's Tube-nosed Fruit Bat. The species pages give no detailed description of nose shape.How does it live?Pallas's tube-nosed fruit bat is widespread in Indonesia, less common in Papua New Guinea, and known in Australia only from Moa Island. It roosts in rainforest and mangrove trees.It roosts in rainforest and mangrove trees. Its diet in Australia is unknown; the museum says fruit and insects are possibilities based on feeding elsewhere.Keeping it safeAn extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.