Authority citation: Heaney, L.R. and Peterson, R.L. 1984. A new species of tube-nosed fruit bat (Nyctimene) from Negros Island, Philippines (Mammalia: Pteropodidae). Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan 708:1-16.
Authority publication link: http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/57144/1/OP708.pdf
Original name as described: Nyctimene rabori
Nominal names: rabori Heaney & R. L. Peterson, 1984
Taxonomy
Subclass: Theria -- Infraclass: Placentalia -- Order: Chiroptera -- Family: Pteropodidae -- Subfamily: Nyctimeninae
Type specimen voucher catalogue number: UMMZ 156971
Type locality: 6 km W of Dumaguete City, Balinsasayo (9°21'N, 123°10'E), 835 m, Sibulan Municipality, Negros Oriental Province, Negros Islands, Philippines.
Country distribution (coarse map shown below; most species exist in only part of countries): Philippines (PHL)
Species Status: This species is currently living, it lives in wild habitats, its taxonomic status is currently accepted, and it is listed in MSW3 2005.
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species status: Endangered
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