Nyctophilus shirleyae

Parnaby, 2009

Mount Missim 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

Authority citation

Parnaby, H.E. 2009-01. A taxonomic review of Australian Greater Long-eared Bats previously known as _Nyctophilus timoriensis_ (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) and some associated taxa. Australian Zoologist 35(1):39-81.

Authority publication link

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2009.005

Original name as described

Nyctophilus shirleyae

Other common names

New Guinea Big-eared Bat · Shirley's Long-eared Bat

Type material

AM M.37711

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Southwestern slopes of Mt Missim, Kuper Range, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea, 17° [sic] 16' S, 146° 46' E."

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Papua New Guinea

Taxonomy notes

recently described based on populations previously attributed to timoriensis (now considered a nomen dubium/species inquirenda)

Taxonomy notes citation

Parnaby, H. E. (2009). A taxonomic review of Australian Greater Long-eared Bats previously known as Nyctophilus timoriensis (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) and some associated taxa. Australian Zoologist, 35(1), 39-81.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005766

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Names and synonyms

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Nyctophilus shirleyae

Parnaby, 2009

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

shirleyae

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AM M.37711

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

70

Authority publication

Australian Zoologist

Name usages

  1. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #100000249) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000249) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  3. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:806) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005766) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  5. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/85289876/166525572) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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