Pharotis imogene

O. Thomas, 1914

New Guinea Big-eared Bat

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Thomas, O. 1914-11-01. A new genus of bats allied to Nyctophilus. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8)14(83):381-383.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18616617

Original name as described

Pharotis imogene

Other common names

Thomas's Big-eared Bat

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1891.9.10.2

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/10e34094-3d78-4040-9fb7-36b4bbec78e5

Type locality

"Kamali, Lower Kemp Welch River, British New Guinea [= Central Province, Papua New Guinea]."

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Papua New Guinea

IUCN Red List status

Critically Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005768

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.

Pharotis imogene

O. Thomas, 1914

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

imogene

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1891.9.10.2

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/10e34094-3d78-4040-9fb7-36b4bbec78e5

Authority page

382

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18616617

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

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 #16887) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #16887) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:801) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005768) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/16887/209524728) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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