Nyctophilus arnhemensis

D. H. Johnson, 1959

Northern Long-eared Bat

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Chiroptera
Suborder : Vespertilioniformes
Superfamily : Vespertilionoidea
Family : Vespertilionidae
Subfamily : Vespertilioninae
Tribe : Vespertilionini
Genus : Nyctophilus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Johnson, D.H. 1959-11-04. Four new mammals from the Northern Territory of Australia. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 72:183-188.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34641963

Original name as described

Nyctophilus arnhemensis

Type material

USNM:MAMM:284240

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3ba913f94-6801-4793-88d0-120b8f406e3b

Type locality

"Rocky Bay, south of Yirkala, Cape Arnhem Peninsula, Northern Territory, Australia (lat. 12° 16' S, long. 136° 47' E)."

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Australia

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005753

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.

Nyctophilus arnhemensis

D. H. Johnson, 1959

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

arnhemensis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:284240

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3ba913f94-6801-4793-88d0-120b8f406e3b

Authority page

184

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34641963

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:77) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:194) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #15000) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #15000) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:805) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005753) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/15000/22010474) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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