Happy Tube-nosed Fruit Bat

Happy Tube-nosed Fruit BatThis fruit bat has records across New Guinea. The 2017 paper lists records from lowland to montane forest while noting that its basic ecology is poorly known.What does it look like?Males develop vivid yellow-orange patches on the ventral flanks during the mating season. This trait is limited to males in that season.How does it live?This fruit bat has records across New Guinea. The 2017 paper lists records from lowland to montane forest while noting that its basic ecology is poorly known.The paper includes lowland to montane forest records in New Guinea, but says that basic ecology such as diet and behavior remains virtually unknown.Keeping it safeAn extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.