Nyctimene
Translingual
Etymology
From Ancient Greek νῠ́ξ (nŭ́x, “night”) + Ancient Greek μήνη (mḗnē, “moon”).
Proper noun
Nyctimene m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Pteropodidae – tube-nosed fruit bats.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria – subclass; Eutheria – infraclass; Boreoeutheria – magnorder; Laurasiatheria – superorder; Chiroptera – order; Yinpterochiroptera - suborder; Pteropodidae - family; Nyctimeninae - subfamily
Hyponyms
- (genus): Nyctimene cephalotes (Pallas's tube-nosed fruit bat) - type species
References
- Nyctimene on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Nyctimene on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category:Nyctimene on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons