Phoniscus papuensis

(Dobson, 1878)

Golden-tipped Bat

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Chiroptera
Suborder : Vespertilioniformes
Superfamily : Vespertilionoidea
Family : Vespertilionidae
Subfamily : Kerivoulinae
Genus : Phoniscus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Dobson, G.E. 1878-06-15. Catalogue of the Chiroptera in the Collection of the British Museum. Taylor and Francis, British Museum Catalogue, 567 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37695405

Original name as described

Kerivoula papuensis

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1878.2.20.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/74bed160-6a20-4d38-a1fe-9112d00d5a1f

Type locality

"Port Moresby [Central Province], New Guinea [= Papua New Guinea]."

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Indonesia · Papua New Guinea · Australia

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005313

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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.

Kerivoula papuensis

(Dobson, 1878)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

papuensis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1878.2.20.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/74bed160-6a20-4d38-a1fe-9112d00d5a1f

Authority page

339

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37695405

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

Phoniscus papuensis

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

papuensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

77

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:77) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:196) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #10982) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #10982) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:896) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005313) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/10982/22021190) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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