Nyctophilus microdon

Laurie & J. Edwards Hill, 1954

Small-toothed 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

Laurie, E.M.O. and Hill, J.E. 1954-06-30. List of land mammals of New Guinea, Celebes and adjacent islands 1758–1952. British Museum, London, 175 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49635618

Original name as described

Nyctophilus microdon

Other common names

Small-toothed Bat

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1953.218

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/4dd9efa7-363f-4b2f-a945-0744f1cf5398

Type locality

"Welya, west of Hagen Range, central highlands, North-East New Guinea [= Papua New Guinea], 7,000 ft [= 2134 m]."

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Papua New Guinea

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005762

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 microdon

Laurie & J. Edwards Hill, 1954

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

microdon

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1953.218

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/4dd9efa7-363f-4b2f-a945-0744f1cf5398

Authority page

78

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49635618

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:77) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:195) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #15007) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #15007) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:806) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005762) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/15007/22009794) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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