Austronomus kuboriensis

(McKean & Calaby, 1968)

New Guinea Free-tailed Bat

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Chiroptera
Suborder : Vespertilioniformes
Superfamily : Vespertilionoidea
Family : Molossidae
Subfamily : Molossinae
Genus : Austronomus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

McKean, J.L. and Calaby, J.H. 1968-09. A new genus and two new species of bats from New Guinea. Mammalia 32(3):372-378.

Authority publication link

https://doi.org/10.1515/mamm.1968.32.3.372

Original name as described

Tadarida kuboriensis

Other common names

New Guinea Mastiff Bat

Type material

CSIRO CM2086

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Minj-Nona Divide, Kubor Range, New Guinea (Lat. 6°02'S, Long. 144°45'E)."

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Indonesia · Papua New Guinea

Taxonomy notes

moved from Tadarida to Austronomus

Taxonomy notes citation

Gregorin, R., & Cirranello, A. (2016). Phylogeny of Molossidae Gervais (Mammalia: Chiroptera) inferred by morphological data. Cladistics, 32(1), 2-35.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005142

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Tadarida kuboriensis

(McKean & Calaby, 1968)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

kuboriensis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

CSIRO CM2086

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

375

Authority publication

Mammalia

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:78) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Freeman (1981:166, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2787028) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/1399)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:215) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Corbet & Hill (1991:87) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  5. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

T. a. kuboriensis

(Koopman, 1994)

Family

Molossidae

Root name

kuboriensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

139

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Koopman (1994:139) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)

Austronomus kuboriensis

D. E. Wilson & Mittermeier, 2019

Family

Molossidae

Root name

kuboriensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

667

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

  1. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #400000052) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #400000052) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  3. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:667) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005142) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  5. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136201/22009294) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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