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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER CHIROPTERA
--> FAMILY Vespertilionidae
--> SUBFAMILY Vespertilioninae
--> TRIBE Nyctophilini
--> GENUS Nyctophilus
SPECIES Nyctophilus howensis
| Author: | McKean, 1975. | | Citation: | Aust. Mammalogy, 1: 330. | | Common Name: | Lord Howe Island Long-eared Bat | | Type Locality: | Australia, Lord Howe Isl, North Bay. | | Distribution: | Known only from the type locality. | | Status: | IUCN 2003 and IUCN/SSC Action Plan (2001) – Extinct. | | Comments: | Known only from the holotype, a fossil found in a cave on Lord Howe Isl. McKean (1975) suggested that this species may have survived into historic times on the basis of Etheridge's (1889) statement that a bat larger than Chalinolobus morio was occasionally seen on the island. |
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