Nyctophilus

Nyctophilus geoffroyi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Vespertilionoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Zatheria Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Cladus: Scrotifera Ordo: Chiroptera Subordo: Yangochiroptera Superfamilia: Vespertilionoidea

Familia: Vespertilionidae
Subfamilia: Vespertilioninae
Tribus: Nyctophilini
Genus: Nyctophilus
Species (16 + †1): N. arnhemensis – N. bifax – N. corbeni – N. daedalus – N. geoffroyi – N. gouldi – N. heran – N. holtorum – †N. howensis – N. major – N. microdon – N. microtis – N. nebulosus – N. sherrini – N. shirleyae – N. timoriensis – N. walkeri

Name

Nyctophilus Leach, 1821: 74

• Type species: Nyctophilus geoffroyi Leach, 1821, by monotypy.

Synonyms

• Lamingtona McKean & Calaby, 1968: 372 [synonymised by Hill & Koopman (1981: 278)]
  • Type species: Lamingtona lophorina McKean & Calaby, 1968, by original designation and monotypy.

References

Primary references

• Leach, W.E. 1821. The Characters of seven Genera of Bats with foliaceous Appendages to the Nose. The Transactions of the Linnaean Society of London 13: 73–82. BHL Reference page. 
• McKean, J.L. & Calaby, J.H. 1968. A new genus and two new species of bats from New Guinea. Mammalia 32(3): 372–378. DOI: 10.1515/mamm.1968.32.3.372 Reference page. 
• Hill, J.E. & Koopman, K.F. 1981. The status of Lamingtona lophorhina McKean & Calaby, 1968 (Chiroptera : Vespertilionidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zoology 41(5): 275–278. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• 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. DOI: 10.7882/AZ.2009.005 Reference page. 
• Parnaby, H.E., King, A.G. & Eldridge, M.D.B. 2021. A new bat species from southwestern Western Australia, previously assigned to Gould's Long-eared Bat Nyctophilus gouldi Tomes, 1858. Records of the Australian Museum 73(1): 53–66. DOI: 10.3853/j.2201-4349.73.2021.1766 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Long-eared Bats
polski: Nocolubek