Queensland Tube-Nosed Bat
Nyctimene robinsoni
Family Pteropodidae
Vulnerable — NSW: Vulnerable
About
The eastern or Queensland tube-nosed bat 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.
How to spot it
As a species of Pteropodidae, the fruit eating bats, it is the only Nyctimene bat to occur on mainland Australia.
Documented on these trails
Found in
- Mebbin National Park — Northern Rivers & North Coast NSW hikes