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SPECIES Mormopterus norfolkensis

Author:Gray, 1840.
Citation:Ann. Nat. Hist., 4: 7.
Common Name:Eastern Little Mastiff Bat
Type Locality:Australia, Norfolk Isl (S Pacific Ocean); uncertain.
Distribution:Norfolk Isl?, SE Queensland, E New South Wales (Australia).
Status:IUCN 2003 and IUCN/SSC Action Plan (2001) – Lower Risk (lc).
Comments:norfolkensis species group. There is considerable doubt as to the status of this species; see Hill (1961b) and Koopman (1984c). Freeman (1981) included wilcoxii in planiceps.
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    wilcoxii Krefft, 1871

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