Nyctophilus timoriensis

(É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1806)

Timor 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

Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, É. 1806. Mémoire sur le genre et les espèces de Vespertilion, l'un des genres de la famille des chauve-souris. Annales du Muséum d'histoire naturelle 8:187-205.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29407870

Original name as described

Vespertilio timoriensis

Type material

MNHN-ZM-MO-1990-36

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1990-36

Type locality

locality unknown; possibly Timor.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Indonesia · East Timor

Taxonomy notes

previously included N. major, N. sherrini, and populations now attributed to N. corbeni and N. shirleyae; was considered a nomen dubium until the species was rediscovered on Timor, however, this taxon and N. heran may be conspecific

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. · Parnaby, Harry E., and Kristofer M. Helgen. 2023. Rediscovery of the long-eared bat genus Nyctophilus (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) in Timor and a reassessment of Nyctophilus timoriensis. In Contributions to Mammalogy and Zooarchaeology of Wallacea, ed. K. M. Helgen and R. K. Jones. Records of the Australian Museum 75(5): 629–652.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006820

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.

Vespertilio timoriensis

(É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1806)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

timoriensis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-MO-1990-36

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1990-36

Authority page

200

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29407870

Authority publication

Annales du Muséum d'histoire naturelle

Name usages

  1. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1806:200, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29407870) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/66103)
  2. Fischer (1814:xix, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130080) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/12226)
  3. Wiedemann (1818:165, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14282574) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69431)
  4. Desmarest (1821:146, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39523910) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34459)
  5. Schinz (1821:179, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51528936) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37604)
  6. Fischer (1829:118) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59856)
  7. Temminck (1840:253) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59644)
  8. Schinz (1844:175) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36043)
  9. Murray (1866:350, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580346) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
  10. Jackson & Groves (2015:270) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34474)

Plecotus timoriensis

(Lesson, 1827)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

timoriensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

97

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207565

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1827:97, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207565) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  2. Lesson (1836:105, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62814750) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/61467)
  3. Lesson (1842:23) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  4. Fitzinger (1872:77, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8285105) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37106)

Nyctophilus Timoriensis

A. Murray, 1866

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

timoriensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

346

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580342

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Murray (1866:346, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580342) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
  2. Collett (1887:845, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10356885) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67854)
  3. Ogilby (1892:87, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/938601) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69482)
  4. Spencer (1896:11, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57973422) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68745)
  5. Laurie & Hill (1954:77, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49635617) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31868)
  6. Corbet & Hill (1980:77) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  7. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:195) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  8. Corbet & Hill (1991:86) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  9. Koopman (1993:218) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69007)
  10. Koopman (1994:131) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
  11. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  12. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #15010) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  13. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #15010) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  14. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006820) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

Nyctophylus timoriensis

de Seabra, 1900

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

timoriensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

19

Authority publication

Jornal de sciencias mathematicas, physicas e naturaes

Name usages

Seabra (1900:19) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68460)

N. t. timoriensis

Koopman, 1994

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

timoriensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

131

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

  1. Koopman (1994:131) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
  2. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

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