Demonic tube-nosed fruit bat

The demonic tube-nosed fruit bat (Nyctimene masalai) is a bat of the family Pteropodidae that is endemic to Papua New Guinea. The holotype was collected in 1979 on New Ireland in the Bismarck Archipelago, and it was described as a new species in 1983. Its range may extend to other islands, but the extent is not known. Because of its morphology it was placed in the cephalotes species group of its genus, which suggests that its closest relatives are Pallas's tube-nosed bat, the island tube-nosed fruit bat, the eastern tube-nosed bat and the Nendo tube-nosed fruit bat. The list of pteropodids gives its IUCN status as data deficient.