Greater long-eared bat

Greater long-eared bat
Conservation status

Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Vespertilionidae
Genus: Nyctophilus
Species: N. timoriensis
Binomial name
Nyctophilus timoriensis
É. Geoffroy, 1806

The greater long-eared bat (Nyctophilus timoriensis) is a species of vesper bat in the Vespertilionidae family. It is found in the following countries: Australia,[1] Indonesia, and Papua New Guinea. The south eastern form occurs in the woodlands of the Murray Darling Basin[2][3] and adjacent areas,[4] and is now referred to as Nyctophilus corbeni.[5]

Sources

  1. ↑ Hutson, T., Schlitter, D., Csorba, G., McKenzie, N., Reardon, T., Lumsden, L., Pennay, M., Ellis, M. and Parnaby, H. (2008). Nyctophilus timoriensis. In: IUCN (2008). 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
  2. ↑ Ellis, M. and Turbill, C. (2002) The box-ironbark forests of central-western New South Wales are a distinct stronghold for Nyctophilus timoriensis (south-eastern form). Australasian Bat Society Newsletter. 18: 22.
  3. ↑ Turbill, C. and Ellis, M. (2006). Distribution and abundance of the south eastern form of the Greater Long-eared Bat Nyctophilus timoriensis. Australian Mammalogy. 28:1-6.
  4. ↑ Ellis, M., Lumsden, L., Shulz, M., Reardon, T., Richards, G. and Hoye, G. (1999). Eastern Long-eared Bat. In: The Action Plan for Australian Bats (A. Duncan, G. B. Baker and N. Montgomery eds.) (Environment Australia, Canberra).
  5. ↑ Parnaby, H (2009). A taxonomic review of Australian greater long-eared bats previously known as Nyctophilus timoriensis (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) and some associated taxa. Australian Zoologist. 35:39-81