Definitions

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • proper noun (Zool.) A genus of East Indian fruit bats.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun East Indian fruit bats

Etymologies

Sorry, no etymologies found.

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word Nyctimene.

Examples

  • Two of these species are globally threatened: the vulnerable Seram flying-fox (Pteropus ocularis) and lesser tube-nosed fruit bat (Nyctimene minutus).

    Buru rain forests 2008

  • The lesser tube-nosed bat (Nyctimene draconilla) and greater sheath-tailed bat (Emballonura furax) are considered vulnerable.

    Northern New Guinea lowland rain and freshwater swamp forests 2008

  • Of these endemic and near-endemic species, the Fijian blossom-bat (Notopteris macdonaldi) and Banks flying-fox (Pteropus fundatus) are considered vulnerable, and the Nendö tube-nosed bat (Nyctimene sanctacrucis) is presumed to be extinct.

    Vanuatu rain forests 2008

  • Tube-nosed fruit bat (Nyctimene sp.) in the Cylops Mountains, Irian Jaya, Indonesia.

    Northern New Guinea montane rain forests 2008

  • Nyctimene having entertained a criminal passion for her father,

    The Metamorphoses of Ovid Vol. I, Books I-VII 43 BC-18? Ovid 1847

  • Lesbos, [72] been heard of by thee, that Nyctimene defiled the bed of her father?

    The Metamorphoses of Ovid Vol. I, Books I-VII 43 BC-18? Ovid 1847

  • Oceanus, is borne back to the heavens by her peacocks, who have so lately changed their colour; a thing which has also happened to the raven, which has been lately changed from white to black, he having refused to listen to the warnings of the crow (who relates the story of its own transformation, and of that of Nyctimene into an owl), and having persisted in informing Phœbus of the intrigues of Coronis.

    The Metamorphoses of Ovid Vol. I, Books I-VII 43 BC-18? Ovid 1847

  • A tube-nosed fruit bat of the Nyctimene species, which is one of the exotic animals, some completely new to science, which have been discovered by experts from Conservation

    Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2010

  • Bulmer's fruit bat (Aproteles bulmerae) and the large pogonomelomys (Pogonomelomys bruijni) are critically endangered, whereas the lesser tube-nosed bat (Nyctimene draconilla), New Guinea sheathtail-bat (Emballonura furax), Fly River horseshoe-bat (Hipposideros muscinus), and Papuan mastiff bat (Otomops papuensis) are considered vulnerable.

    Southern New Guinea lowland rain forests 2008

  • Threatened endemic or near-endemic mammals include the critically endangered Negros shrew (Crocidura negrina) and Philippine tube-nosed fruit bat (Nyctimene rabori), the endangered Mindoro shrew (Crocidura mindorus) and Panay bushy-tailed cloud rat (Crateromys heaneyi), and the widespread but endangered golden-crowned fruit bat (Acerodon jubatus).

    Greater Negros-Panay rain forests 2007

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.