Nyctophilus nebulosus

Parnaby, 2002

New Caledonian Long-eared Bat

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Parnaby, H.E. 2002. A new species of long-eared bat (Nyctophilus: Vespertilionidae) from New Caledonia. Australian Mammalogy 23(2):115-124.

Authority publication link

https://doi.org/10.1071/AM01115

Original name as described

Nyctophilus nebulosus

Type material

AM M.23730

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Southwestern slopes of Mt Koghis, Nouméa, New Caledonia, 22° 10' 37"S, 166° 30' 12"E."

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

New Caledonia

IUCN Red List status

Critically Endangered

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005764

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Names and synonyms

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Nyctophilus nebulosus

Parnaby, 2002

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

nebulosus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AM M.23730

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Southwestern slopes of Mt Koghis, Noumea, New Caledonia, 220 10' 37"S, 1660 30' 12"E (Saint Louis (SF-58-XVII-2a) 1:50, 000 topographic map, Institut Geographique National, Paris). The holotype and paratype female M23731 were captured in a mist-net set across a track in a small clearing in tall closed rainforest approximately 150 m north of the Station d'Altitude car park, altitude 430 m.

Type locality

New Caledonia: 22°10′37″S, 166°30′12″E.

Authority page

116

Authority publication

Australian Mammalogy

Name usages

Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #136807) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #136807) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:804) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005764) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136807/22042779) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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