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title: "Queensland Tube-nosed Fruit Bat"
description: "Nyctimene robinsoni — Mammiferi. The eastern or Queensland tube-nosed bat (Nyctimene robinsoni) is a megabat in the family Pteropodidae that lives in north-eastern Australia."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/queensland-tube-nosed-fruit-bat
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Queensland Tube-nosed Fruit Bat

> Nyctimene robinsoni — Mammiferi. The eastern or Queensland tube-nosed bat (Nyctimene robinsoni) is a megabat in the family Pteropodidae that lives in north-eastern Australia.

- Scientific name: *Nyctimene robinsoni*
- Category: `mammals` (Mammiferi)
- Habitats: `forest` (Foresta)
- iNaturalist observations: 249
- Wikidata: [Q1769821](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1769821)
- iNaturalist taxon: [40868](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/40868)

## Names

- en: Queensland Tube-nosed Fruit Bat
- de: Queensland-Röhrennasenflughund
- nl: Robinsonbuisneusvleerhond

## Countries with the most observations

AU (228)

## Summary

The eastern or Queensland tube-nosed bat (Nyctimene robinsoni) is a megabat in the family Pteropodidae that lives in north-eastern Australia. N. robinsoni is one of the few species of megabat that roosts solitarily. They get their common name from their raised tubular nostrils which are unlike those of most other species in the family. They are a deep brown with gray heads and sparse yellow spotting.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_tube-nosed_bat

## Photo

![Queensland Tube-nosed Fruit Bat](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/queensland-tube-nosed-fruit-bat/medium.jpg)

Photo: Jun MATSUI · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/245697899

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/queensland-tube-nosed-fruit-bat?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).