Umboi Tube-nosed Fruit Bat

Umboi Tube-nosed Fruit BatThe Umboi tube-nosed fruit bat is a member of Nyctimene, a genus distinguished by tubular nostrils. Older accounts report fruit feeding in rainforest.What does it look like?Tube-like nostrils are the distinctive feature of bats in the genus Nyctimene.How does it live?The Umboi tube-nosed fruit bat is a member of Nyctimene, a genus distinguished by tubular nostrils. Older accounts report fruit feeding in rainforest.Under an older subspecies classification, observations reported a preference for low-growing fruits of canopy trees in rainforest and roosting near the tree being fed on.Keeping it safeAn extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.