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
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.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42895720Original 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 specimen URI
https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/7b2d1ce8-ad5a-4a83-8270-97020cc08627Type 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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