Philippine tube-nosed fruit bat
The Philippine tube-nosed fruit bat locally known in Tagalog as Bayakan is a species of bat in the family Pteropodidae. It is endemic to the Philippines and known from the islands of Cebu, Negros and Sibuyan. It occurs in and near primary and secondary subtropical or tropical dry forests. It is often found near water. It is threatened by habitat loss due to deforestation. The species is named for Dioscoro S. Rabor who, with several others, first collected the species.
Other common names of the species include Visayan tube-nosed fruit bat and Rabor's tube-nosed fruit bat.Conservation
Nyctimene rabori is currently classified as endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.
