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See Churchill (1998).; [batnames2023]  cephalotes species group. See Churchill (1998).; [batnames2025_1.7] cephalotesspecies group. See Churchill (1998).						tryoni.			tryoni			robinsoni 	robinsoni - tryoni 	robinsoni, tryoni		robinsoni 	robinsoni - tryoni 	robinsoni, tryoni 	robinsoni, tryoni 	robinsoni 	robinsoni - tryoni	robinsoni O. Thomas, 1904|tryoni H. A. Longman, 1921		Corbet, G.B. and Hill, J.E. 1980. A World List of Mammalian Species. British Museum (Natural History), London, 226 pp.		NE Australia	Honacki, J.H., Kinman, K.E. and Koeppl, J.W. 1982. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Allen Press, Lawrence, 694 pp.	Nyctimene robinsoni	Australia, Queensland, Cooktown.	Thomas	1904	Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 7, 14:196.	Distribution: Restricted to the Pa cific coast of Queensland (Australia).		Corbet, G.B. and Hill, J.E. 1991. A World List of Mammalian Species. Third edition. Oxford University Press, London, 243 pp. ISBN 0-19-854017-5	Queensland tube-nosed bat	NE Australia	Koopman, K.F. 1993. Order Chiroptera. Pp. 137–242 in Wilson, D.E. and Reeder, D.M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Second edition. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, 1206 pp.	Thomas	1904	Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 7, 14:196.		E Queensland (Australia).	Australia, Queensland, Cooktown.		THOMAS	1904	Size medium (forearm length, 60-70 mm; maxi llary tooth row length, 10.0-12.0 mm). Ears defi nitely pointed and equal in length to hind foot (with claws).	Distribution: Restricted to the Pa cific coast of Queensland (Australia).	No sub species.		36	species	N. robinsoni	THOMAS	1904	Nyctimene	genus	Nyctimene robinsoni				Size medium (forearm length, 60-70 mm; maxi llary tooth row length, 10.0-12.0 mm). Ears defi nitely pointed and equal in length to hind foot (with claws).	No sub species.		11. N. robinsoni THOMAS 1904 [major group].	11	NA			Don E. Wilson & DeeAnn M. Reeder (editors). 2005. Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed), Johns Hopkins University Press, 2,142 pp. (Available from Johns Hopkins University Press, 1-800-537-5487 or (410) 516-6900, or at http://www.press.jhu.edu).	CHIROPTERA	Pteropodidae			Nyctimene robinsoni	Nyctimene		robinsoni	Thomas		1904		Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 7	14		196		Queensland Tube-nosed Fruit Bat	Australia, Queensland, Cooktown.	E Queensland (Australia).	IUCN/SSC Action Plan (1992) – Not Threatened. IUCN 2003 – Lower Risk (lc).	tryoni Longman, 1921.	cephalotes species group. See Churchill (1998).	03AD87FAFF84F66B89B03EF4F71DFDBE	Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 9 Bats, Barcelona: Lynx Edicions	978-84-16728-19-0	hbmw_9_Pteropodidae_16.pdf.imf	hash://md5/ff94ff82ffc4f62a891e341cffa5ff9b	122	zip:hash://sha256/ec5fd314a06aba1a7b0b72f23e54ac625ae272bd98f82f1d01f4c09627d9e8e0!/treatments-xml-main/data/03/AD/87/03AD87FAFF84F66B89B03EF4F71DFDBE.xml	Nyctimene robinsoni	Pteropodidae	Nyctimene	robinsoni	Thomas	1904	Nyctimene du Queensland @fr | Queensland-Réhrennasenflughund @de | Nyctimeno de Queensland @es | Eastern Tube-nosed Bat @en | Queensland Tube-nosed Bat @en	Nyctimene robinson: Thomas, 1904 , “Cooktown, Queensland ,” Australia . Nyctimene robinsoni is currently in the cephalotes species group. Populations from New Guinea and Moa Island (Torres Strait) have generally been recognized as N. cephalotes , but they are tentatively included under N. robinson : until further research confirms their identity. Monotypic.	NE & E Australia on E Queensland (including Moa, Prince of Wales, Hinchinbrook, Magnetic, Hummock Hill, and Fraser Is) and NE New South Wales , as well as some tentative records from NE, S & SE New Guinea .	Head-body 83-93 mm , tail 21-24 mm , ear 15-8-19- 6 mm , forearm 65—-68- 9 mm ; weight 42- 3-59 g . Head of the Queensland Tube-nosed Fruit Bat is broad, with deep face, broad, bluntly pointed ears, and tubular divergent nostrils (that are able to move independently of one another). Eyes are large, with amber irises. Pelage is thick and woolly. Dorsal pelage varies from gray to reddish brown, with distinctive thin dark brown mid-dorsal stripe stretching from head to rump. Ventral pelage is generally paler. Wings are dark brown, with irregular darker and yellow spots throughout (more spotting on digits). Ears are light yellowish brown, with some yellow or yellowish green spotting; nostrils can also have yellow blotching. Second digit of wing has a claw, and wing attaches at second digit of foot. Tail is short, black, and wrinkled, and narrow uropatagium connects at base and stretches to calcar at ankles. Claws are brown. Tongue has four circumvallate papillae (two large and two small), as in other sampled species of Nyctimene but unlike any other pteropodid genus (with three circumvallate papillae). The Queensland Tube-nosed Fruit Bat has complex papillae arrangement and structure that corroborates it is an obligate frugivore. Skull and mandible are robust, rostrum is short, braincase is comparatively narrow, and sagittal and lambdoidal crests are moderately developed. Single lower incisor is completely deciduous, falling out before adulthood; lower molars are broad and rounded in dorsal view; C replaces incisors and is long and powerful; P, is elongated and longer than P, and P,; C' lacks secondary cusp; and there isnoe distinct notch on P,P, or M,.	Tropical rainforests, preferring mature primary forest rather than secondary regrowth forest, subtropical forests, complex notophyll vine forests, and araucarian notophyll vine forests. Queensland Tube-nosed Fruit Bats appear to favor streamside habitats in coastal rainforest and moist eucalypt forests with well-developed understories.	Queensland Tube-nosed Fruit Bats are obligate frugivores and have specially adapted teeth and tongues with complex papillae for feeding on fruit. Foraging primarily occurs in understories and subcanopies. They feed on a variety of fruit and blossoms. They are most commonly seen feeding on fig species, including Ficus variegata , F. congesta, F. copiosa, F. nodosa, and F. watkinsiana ( Moraceae ); Eugenia and Syzygium ( Myrtaceae ); and Randia sessilis ( Rubiaceae ). In New South Wales , diets included Sloanea australis and S. woollsii (Elacocarpaceae); Castanospermum australe ( Fabaceae ); and Archontophoenix cunninghamiana ( Arecaceae ). They have also been reported feeding on blossums of Pleiogynium timorense ( Anacardiaceae ), Elaeocarpus grandis ( Elaeocarpaceae ), Eucalyptus ( Myrtaceae ) and a number of non-native orchard plants, including Annona muricata ( Annonaceae ) and starfruit or carambola ( Averrhoa carambola, Oxalidaceae ). Females appeared to feed on soursop more than males in one study in Queensland , which might be because of higher protein and fat concentrations in fruit that are needed during pregnancy. They can be seen carrying fruit, which can be one-half their body weight, to night roosts. While hanging and eating fruit, they cradle it in their abdomen and use their long incisors and canines to puncture it to get to soft flesh. They reportedly do not consume seeds but spit them out after crushing fruit with their palate and tongue and chewing it up to isolate seeds. They are important seed dispersers for many plants. They also consume fruit on the spot.	The Queensland Tube-nosed Fruit Bat is known to breed seasonally, and females giving birth to one young/year in October-December. Gestation lasts 3-3-5 months. Lactating females have pinkish color on ventral surface. Lactating period is long, although no precise estimates exist. Mothers carry young until they are almost able to fly.	The Queensland Tube-nosed Fruit Bat is nocturnal, roosting in foliage during the day. Because of cryptic coloration on wings, it is well camouflaged in dense foliage where it roosts. Roosts are generally within 200 m of foraging sites. It is able to enter torpor to save energy by lowering body temperature by as much as 8°C, and it can exit torpor and elevate its metabolic rate within 20 seconds. Although it can enter torpor,it rarely does and seems to be very efficient in energy use, using very little energy when moving between roosting and foraging areas. Basal metabolic rate was measured at 54-7 ml O,/hour (similar to other Pteropodidae ), which is highly affected by ambient temperatures and decreases moderately during tropical winters, indicating very low thermoregulatory cost in winter. Average body temperature over 24 hours was 36°C and increased throughout the night, peakingjust before returning to the roost. Average body temperature seemed to change with lunar phase in one study, becoming higher in darker moon phases and lower in brighter moon phases, which generally matches other bat species. Queensland Tube-nosed Fruit Bats are maneuverable in flight, which is unusual for bats ofits size. They are able to hover for several seconds and even change direction while hovering and holding fruit. This maneuverability might be due to their short broad wings. Although they do not echolocate, they make a distinctive whistling flight call and loud bleat-like calls according to some observations.	Queensland Tube-nosed Fruit Bats primarily roost alone, but they occasionally roost communally in small groups (and there is debate as to which is normal). Roosting sites change often because roosts are chosen opportunistically, but individuals usually remain in the same general small area for months or years. Some individuals roosted in the same tree that they had foraged in the night before. They are generally not aggressive toward one another unless one is holding food, and there is no evidence of territoriality. Individuals kept together in a small space in captivity were generally aggressive toward each other regardless of gender, but one male and one female seemed to get along and even roosted embracing each other. They generally seem to forage alone but have been observed in large congregations in some foraging locations at night.	Classified as Least Concern on The IUCN Red List. The Queensland Tube-nosed Fruit Bat has a wide distribution and is generally considered common. Its distribution is rather patchy in the south, and its distribution in New Guineais still uncertain. There are no major threats overall, and they are a potential pest in fruit orchards in Australia . Barbed-wire fences are a minor source ofdirect mortality, and they might be affected by habitat loss from agricultural expansion. These problems have resulted in the Queensland Tube-nosed Fruit Bat being listed as vulnerable by the New South Wales Threatened Species Conservation Act.	Bhatnagar et al. (1986) | Birt et al. (1997) | Booth (2006) | Churchill (2008) | Colgan & Costa (2002) | Felten (1958) | Hall & Pettigrew (1995) | Hall, Richards & Spencer (2008) | Hall, Thomson, Bonaccorso & Leary (2008) | Loveless & McBee (2017) | Milledge (1987) | Nellett (2007) | O'Brien (1993) | Richards (1986b) | Riek et al. (2010) | Schulz (1997a) | Spencer & Fleming (1989) | Stephan & Nelson (1981)		113. Queensland Tube-nosed Fruit Bat Nyctimene robinsoni French: Nyctimene du Queensland / German: Queensland-Réhrennasenflughund / Spanish: Nyctimeno de Queensland Other common names: Eastern Tube-nosed Bat , Queensland Tube-nosed Bat Taxonomy. Nyctimene robinson: Thomas, 1904 , “Cooktown, Queensland ,” Australia . Nyctimene robinsoni is currently in the cephalotes species group. Populations from New Guinea and Moa Island (Torres Strait) have generally been recognized as N. cephalotes , but they are tentatively included under N. robinson : until further research confirms their identity. Monotypic. Distribution. NE & E Australia on E Queensland (including Moa, Prince of Wales, Hinchinbrook, Magnetic, Hummock Hill, and Fraser Is) and NE New South Wales , as well as some tentative records from NE, S & SE New Guinea . Descriptive notes. Head-body 83-93 mm , tail 21-24 mm , ear 15-8-19- 6 mm , forearm 65—-68- 9 mm ; weight 42- 3-59 g . Head of the Queensland Tube-nosed Fruit Bat is broad, with deep face, broad, bluntly pointed ears, and tubular divergent nostrils (that are able to move independently of one another). Eyes are large, with amber irises. Pelage is thick and woolly. Dorsal pelage varies from gray to reddish brown, with distinctive thin dark brown mid-dorsal stripe stretching from head to rump. Ventral pelage is generally paler. Wings are dark brown, with irregular darker and yellow spots throughout (more spotting on digits). Ears are light yellowish brown, with some yellow or yellowish green spotting; nostrils can also have yellow blotching. Second digit of wing has a claw, and wing attaches at second digit of foot. Tail is short, black, and wrinkled, and narrow uropatagium connects at base and stretches to calcar at ankles. Claws are brown. Tongue has four circumvallate papillae (two large and two small), as in other sampled species of Nyctimene but unlike any other pteropodid genus (with three circumvallate papillae). The Queensland Tube-nosed Fruit Bat has complex papillae arrangement and structure that corroborates it is an obligate frugivore. Skull and mandible are robust, rostrum is short, braincase is comparatively narrow, and sagittal and lambdoidal crests are moderately developed. Single lower incisor is completely deciduous, falling out before adulthood; lower molars are broad and rounded in dorsal view; C replaces incisors and is long and powerful; P, is elongated and longer than P, and P,; C' lacks secondary cusp; and there isnoe distinct notch on P,P, or M,. Habitat. Tropical rainforests, preferring mature primary forest rather than secondary regrowth forest, subtropical forests, complex notophyll vine forests, and araucarian notophyll vine forests. Queensland Tube-nosed Fruit Bats appear to favor streamside habitats in coastal rainforest and moist eucalypt forests with well-developed understories. Food and Feeding. Queensland Tube-nosed Fruit Bats are obligate frugivores and have specially adapted teeth and tongues with complex papillae for feeding on fruit. Foraging primarily occurs in understories and subcanopies. They feed on a variety of fruit and blossoms. They are most commonly seen feeding on fig species, including Ficus variegata , F. congesta, F. copiosa, F. nodosa, and F. watkinsiana ( Moraceae ); Eugenia and Syzygium ( Myrtaceae ); and Randia sessilis ( Rubiaceae ). In New South Wales , diets included Sloanea australis and S. woollsii (Elacocarpaceae); Castanospermum australe ( Fabaceae ); and Archontophoenix cunninghamiana ( Arecaceae ). They have also been reported feeding on blossums of Pleiogynium timorense ( Anacardiaceae ), Elaeocarpus grandis ( Elaeocarpaceae ), Eucalyptus ( Myrtaceae ) and a number of non-native orchard plants, including Annona muricata ( Annonaceae ) and starfruit or carambola ( Averrhoa carambola, Oxalidaceae ). Females appeared to feed on soursop more than males in one study in Queensland , which might be because of higher protein and fat concentrations in fruit that are needed during pregnancy. They can be seen carrying fruit, which can be one-half their body weight, to night roosts. While hanging and eating fruit, they cradle it in their abdomen and use their long incisors and canines to puncture it to get to soft flesh. They reportedly do not consume seeds but spit them out after crushing fruit with their palate and tongue and chewing it up to isolate seeds. They are important seed dispersers for many plants. They also consume fruit on the spot. Breeding. The Queensland Tube-nosed Fruit Bat is known to breed seasonally, and females giving birth to one young/year in October-December. Gestation lasts 3-3-5 months. Lactating females have pinkish color on ventral surface. Lactating period is long, although no precise estimates exist. Mothers carry young until they are almost able to fly. Activity patterns. The Queensland Tube-nosed Fruit Bat is nocturnal, roosting in foliage during the day. Because of cryptic coloration on wings, it is well camouflaged in dense foliage where it roosts. Roosts are generally within 200 m of foraging sites. It is able to enter torpor to save energy by lowering body temperature by as much as 8°C, and it can exit torpor and elevate its metabolic rate within 20 seconds. Although it can enter torpor,it rarely does and seems to be very efficient in energy use, using very little energy when moving between roosting and foraging areas. Basal metabolic rate was measured at 54-7 ml O,/hour (similar to other Pteropodidae ), which is highly affected by ambient temperatures and decreases moderately during tropical winters, indicating very low thermoregulatory cost in winter. Average body temperature over 24 hours was 36°C and increased throughout the night, peakingjust before returning to the roost. Average body temperature seemed to change with lunar phase in one study, becoming higher in darker moon phases and lower in brighter moon phases, which generally matches other bat species. Queensland Tube-nosed Fruit Bats are maneuverable in flight, which is unusual for bats ofits size. They are able to hover for several seconds and even change direction while hovering and holding fruit. This maneuverability might be due to their short broad wings. Although they do not echolocate, they make a distinctive whistling flight call and loud bleat-like calls according to some observations. Movements, Home range and Social organization. Queensland Tube-nosed Fruit Bats primarily roost alone, but they occasionally roost communally in small groups (and there is debate as to which is normal). Roosting sites change often because roosts are chosen opportunistically, but individuals usually remain in the same general small area for months or years. Some individuals roosted in the same tree that they had foraged in the night before. They are generally not aggressive toward one another unless one is holding food, and there is no evidence of territoriality. Individuals kept together in a small space in captivity were generally aggressive toward each other regardless of gender, but one male and one female seemed to get along and even roosted embracing each other. They generally seem to forage alone but have been observed in large congregations in some foraging locations at night. Status and Conservation. Classified as Least Concern on The IUCN Red List. The Queensland Tube-nosed Fruit Bat has a wide distribution and is generally considered common. Its distribution is rather patchy in the south, and its distribution in New Guineais still uncertain. There are no major threats overall, and they are a potential pest in fruit orchards in Australia . Barbed-wire fences are a minor source ofdirect mortality, and they might be affected by habitat loss from agricultural expansion. These problems have resulted in the Queensland Tube-nosed Fruit Bat being listed as vulnerable by the New South Wales Threatened Species Conservation Act. Bibliography. Bhatnagar et al. (1986), Birt et al. (1997), Booth (2006), Churchill (2008), Colgan & Costa (2002), Felten (1958), Hall & Pettigrew (1995), Hall, Richards & Spencer (2008), Hall, Thomson, Bonaccorso & Leary (2008), Loveless & McBee (2017), Milledge (1987), Nellett (2007), O'Brien (1993), Richards (1986b), Riek et al. (2010), Schulz (1997a), Spencer & Fleming (1989), Stephan & Nelson (1981).	Simmons, N.B. and A.L. Cirranello. 2022B. Bat Species of the World: A taxonomic and geographic database. Accessed on 10/11/2022.	Pteropodidae	Nyctimene robinsoni	Nyctimene		robinsoni	Thomas	1904	0	Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist.	ser. 7, 14: 196	Queensland Tube-nosed Fruit Bat	 tryoni Longman, 1921.	Australia, Queensland, Cooktown.	E Queensland (Australia).	Not listed.	Least Concern	 cephalotes species group. See Churchill (1998).	Mammal Diversity Database. (2023). Mammal Diversity Database (Version 1.11) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7830771 released 15 April 2023	Nyctimene robinsoni	23	Queensland Tube-nosed Fruit Bat	Eastern Tube-nosed Bat|Queensland Tube-nosed Bat	Theria	Placentalia	Boreoeutheria	Laurasiatheria	CHIROPTERA	PTEROPODIFORMES	NA	NA	PTEROPODOIDEA	PTEROPODIDAE	NYCTIMENINAE	NA	Nyctimene	NA	robinsoni	O. Thomas	1904	0						"Cooktown, Queensland," Australia.			robinsoni O. Thomas, 1904|tryoni Longman, 1921	NA	NA	Australia|Papua New Guinea	Oceania	Australasia/Oceania	LC	0	0	0	Nyctimene_robinsoni	0	sciname match	Nyctimene_robinsoni	0	IUCN. 2022. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2022-1. https://www.iucnredlist.org. Accessed on [28 September, 2022].	14966	Nyctimene robinsoni	ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	MAMMALIA	CHIROPTERA	PTEROPODIDAE	Nyctimene	robinsoni	Thomas, 1904		20000000	Nyctimene robinsoni	Least Concern		2021	2020-11-13 00:00:00 UTC	3.1	English	Nyctimene robinsoni is assessed as Least Concern due to its wide distribution across the north-eastern coast of Australia, presumed large population, and its occurrence in several protected areas in both Queensland and New South Wales. Previous records of the species outside of Australia have not been confirmed and are tentatively considered in this assessment. Although this species is mainly associated with tropical and subtropical rainforest, where habitat fragmentation and degradation are occurring across the range, there are some notes on records from other forest types and it can utilise certain cultivated tropical fruit. Therefore, currently there is no indication that it is declining at a rate that would qualify for listing in a threatened category.	This species is a non-gregarious, foliage-roosting fruit bat. It is predominantly found in tropical and subtropical rainforests, but there are also records from gallery forests, wet sclerophyll forest, complex notophyll vine forest and even Araucarian notophyll vine forest (Schulz 1997, Churchill 2008). It usually roosts solitarily amongst the foliage, in vine tangles or under palm fronds, but small groups of up to three bats roosting together are observed occasionally (Freudmann 2020). ; This species was initially thought to be rare in subtropical rainforests and to have a scattered distribution in their southern range (Milledge 1986), however records have increased since (Schulz 1997, Moran 2007, ALA 2019) and they may be more common than previously thought. In subtropical areas it is associated with rainforest gullies, streamside habitat in coastal rainforests and moist eucalypt forests with prominent rainforest understory (Eyre et al. 1997, Moran 2007, Churchill 2008). This agile, highly manoeuvrable bat is observed throughout all strata from understory, subcanopy and canopy (Richards 1986, Milledge 1987, Schulz 1997). ; It feeds on a variety of native fruit and blossom, and although it is also known to consume some selected cultivated fruit, it depends on forest for roosting (Freudmann 2020). Single young are born from October to December (Churchill 2008), and there is evidence that gestation can be up to 7 months (Freudmann 2020).	While there are no known major imminent threats on population level, this species is associated with intact forest on which it relies on for roosting (Freudmann 2020). Habitat fragmentation and degradation have been identified as the main threats in New South Wales and based on habitat suitability modelling, populations in South East Queensland may face similar threats (Eyre et al. 1997). Subtropical rainforests are severely fragmented due to intense historic and concurrent forest clearing (Bradshaw 2012, Reside et al. 2017, DES 2018) and will be further impacted by bushfires and extreme weather events, which are predicted to increase in intensity and frequency (Cowan et al. 2014, Collins et al. 2019). ; In subtropical Australia, mass die‐offs of flying foxes occur during extreme heat events when temperature rises above 42°C (Welbergen et al. 2008, 2014) but whether N. robinsoni is equally affected despite a different roosting ecology is not known. In NSW it has been observed that after hot, dry days they come down to drink from creek pools at dusk (Schulz 1997), whereas such observations are lacking from the tropics, suggesting that they dehydrate easily in dry subtropical heat and may not cope well with extreme heat events and drought. ; Furthermore, entanglement on barbed wire represents a common cause of mortality in N. robinsoni in certain areas such as the Atherton Tablelands or the Sunshine Coast (Van der Ree 1999, Freudmann 2020), and may impact local populations in areas with high incidence occurrence.	The species global population is declining, but currently there is no indication that it is declining at a rate that would qualify for listing in a threatened category. There is a lack of comprehensive assessments of population size and density across its range. It is assumed to be a common species in tropical Queensland, where genetic data indicate large effective population size (Freudmann 2020), but population density south of the Wet Tropics may be lower. Preliminary data indicate evidence of reduced genetic diversity at the trailing edge (Freudmann 2020). ; The unconfirmed taxonomic identity of the New Guinea records complicates inferences on population trends and additional information and clarification of is required to evaluate the status of potential populations outside of Australia to evaluate whether either of these warrant subpopulation status and should be assessed regionally.	Unknown	The confirmed distributional range of N. robinsoni spans from Moa Island in the Torres Strait, along the east coast of Australia from Cape York into the Northern Rivers area of New South Wales. Previous records of the species outside of Australia (mainland New Guinea [Helgen and Oliver 2004, Hall et al. 2008, Tsang 2016], Trans‐Fly area [Waithman 1979, Leary 2004, Leary and Pennay 2011]) are likely N. robinsoni , but need to be assessed and confirmed as N. robinsoni under the new taxonomy. Specimens from the lower portion of the Strickland river, the Sapi river in the Madang province and Mount Lawes near Port Moresby [Bonaccorso 1998]) also need to be assessed are unlikely to represent N. robinsoni .  The species is recorded from sea level up to 1,200 m.		Terrestrial	This species is recorded from a number of protected areas across Queensland and New South Wales. It is listed as Vulnerable under the Biodiversity Conservation Act (2016) at its southernmost part of the range in New South Wales. Since less than 10% of the species' total population is thought to occur within NSW, it has been allocated to the ‘Saving Our Species’ management stream, under which a targeted management strategy has been developed to secure critical populations in NSW long-term and maintain its conservation status. ; The southern range limit is of high conservation value, preliminary data on population structure suggest a genetic bottleneck at the southern range (Freudmann 2020). While refugia modelling for rainforest plants indicates the persistence of suitable habitat in the Wet Tropics, South East Queensland and northern New South Wales until 2070, it also highlights the lack of suitable habitat between the Sunshine Coast and the Gold Coast (Das et al. 2019). Predicted future habitat loss and increasing isolation triggered by coastal hinterland development and increasing contemporary urbanisation (Spearritt 2009) from the Sunshine Coast to New South Wales illustrate the need for management measures that cross political boundaries. ; Additional research on the species population status and trends, ecology, and threats are needed throughout the species range. Special attention is needed to clarify the species taxonomy and presence outside of Australia.	Australasian		FALSE	FALSE	Global	Simmons, N. B., & Cirranello, A. L. (2023). Batnames.org Species List Version 1.4 (1.4). Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8136157 	Pteropodidae	Nyctimene		robinsoni	Thomas	1904	0	Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist.	ser. 7, 14: 196	Queensland Tube-nosed Fruit Bat	 tryoni Longman, 1921.	Australia, Queensland, Cooktown.	E Queensland (Australia).	Not listed.	Least Concern	 cephalotes species group. See Churchill (1998).	Nyctimene robinsoni	1004425	23	Queensland Tube-nosed Fruit Bat	Eastern Tube-nosed Bat|Queensland Tube-nosed Bat	Theria	Placentalia	Boreoeutheria	Laurasiatheria	CHIROPTERA	PTEROPODIFORMES	NA	NA	PTEROPODOIDEA	Pteropodidae	NYCTIMENINAE	NA	Nyctimene	NA	robinsoni	O. Thomas	1904	0						"Cooktown, Queensland," Australia.			robinsoni O. Thomas, 1904|tryoni Longman, 1921	NA	NA				Australia|Papua New Guinea	Oceania	Australasia/Oceania	LC	0	0	0	Nyctimene_robinsoni	0	sciname match	Nyctimene_robinsoni	0	Burgin, C. J., Zijlstra, J. S., Becker, M. A., Handika, H., Alston, J. M., Widness, J., Liphardt, S., Huckaby, D. G., and Upham, N. S. (2025). How many mammal species are there now? Updates and trends in taxonomic, nomenclatural, and geographic knowledge. Journal of Mammalogy in revision: TBD. https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.02.27.640393	Nyctimene_robinsoni	1004425	23	Queensland Tube-nosed Fruit Bat	Eastern Tube-nosed Bat|Queensland Tube-nosed Bat	Theria	Placentalia	Boreoeutheria	Laurasiatheria	Chiroptera	Yinpterochiroptera	NA	NA	Pteropodoidea	Pteropodidae	Nyctimeninae	NA	Nyctimene	NA	robinsoni	O. Thomas	0	Nyctymene Robinsoni	Thomas, O. 1904-08-31. New bats and rodents from West Africa, the Malay Peninsula and Papuasia. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7)14(81):196-202.	https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24255264	BMNH:Mamm:1903.8.3.1	holotype	https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/0af512b9-8df3-44c4-8412-96ec07f9aefe	"Cooktown, Queensland," Australia.			NA	NA				Australia|Papua New Guinea	Oceania (Continent)	Australasia	LC	0	0	0	Nyctimene_robinsoni	0	sciname match	Nyctimene_robinsoni	0	Simmons, N. B., & Cirranello, A. L. (2025). Batnames.org Species List Version 1.7 (1.7). Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14796586	Pteropodidae	Nyctimene		robinsoni	Thomas	1904	0	Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist.	ser. 7, 14: 196	Queensland Tube-nosed Fruit Bat	tryoni Longman, 1921.	Australia, Queensland, Cooktown.	E Queensland (Australia).	<a href='https://cites.org/eng/app/appendices.php' target='_blank'>Not Listed</a>	<a href='https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/14966/22007008/' target='_blank'>Least Concern</a>	cephalotesspecies group. See Churchill (1998).		Mammal Diversity Database. (2025). Mammal Diversity Database (Version 2.2) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15007505	NA	Nyctimene robinsoni; Nyctimene robinsoni; Nyctimene robinsoni; Nyctimene robinsoni; Nyctimene robinsoni; Nyctimene robinsoni; tryoni; tryoni; robinsoni; tryoni; Nyctimene du Queensland; Queensland-Réhrennasenflughund; Nyctimeno de Queensland; Eastern Tube-nosed Bat; Queensland Tube-nosed Bat; Queensland Tube-nosed Fruit Bat; Eastern Tube-nosed Bat; Queensland Tube-nosed Bat; Queensland Tube-nosed Fruit Bat; Queensland Tube-nosed Fruit Bat; N. robinsoni