Micronomus norfolkensis

(J. E. Gray, 1839)

East Coast Free-tailed Bat

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Gray, J.E. 1839-09-01. Descriptions of some Mammalia discovered in Cuba by W. S. MacLeay, Esq. With some account of their habits, extracted from Mr. MacLeay's notes. Annals of Natural History (1)4(21):1-7.

Original name as described

Molossus Norfolkensis

Other common names

East Coast Mastiff Bat · Eastern Freetail Bat · Eastern Little Mastiff Bat · Norfolk Island Mastiff Bat

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1838.10.11.56

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

type locality not given. Restricted by T. B. Reardon and colleagues in 2008 to "possibly Norfolk Island, Australia."

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Australia

Taxonomy notes

moved from Mormopterus to Micronomus

Taxonomy notes citation

Jackson, S. M., & Groves, C. (2015). Taxonomy of Australian mammals. CSIRO Publishing, Austalia, Clayton.

IUCN Red List status

Near Threatened

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