Mormopterus norfolkensis

Mormopterus norfolkensis

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: Molossidae
Subfamilia: Molossinae
Genus: Mormopterus
Species: Mormopterus norfolkensis

Name

Mormopterus norfolkensis (Gray, 1840)

Type locality: Australia, Norfolk Island.

Synonyms

• Molossus norfolkensis Gray, 1840: 7 (Original combination)
• Mormopterus (Micronomus) norfolkensis (Gray, 1840)
• Micronomus norfolkensis (Gray, 1840) (see Jackson & Groves, 2015)
• wilcoxii Krefft, 1871

References

Primary references

• Gray, J.E. 1840. Descriptions of some Mammalia discovered in Cuba by W. S. MacLeay, Esq. Annals of Natural History 4(21): 1–7. BHL Reference page. 
• Jackson, S. & Groves, C. 2015. Taxonomy of Australian Mammals. CSIRO Publishing: Clayton. 529 pp. ISBN 978-1-486-30012-9. Reference page. 
• Reardon, T.; Adams, M.; McKenzie, N.; Jenkins, P. 2008: A new species of Australian freetail bat Mormopterus eleryi sp. nov. (Chiroptera: Molossidae) and a taxonomic reappraisal of M. norfolkensis (Gray). Zootaxa, 1875: 1–31. [Abstract & excerpt: [1]]

Links

• Conservation status: IUCN: Mormopterus norfolkensis  (Near Threatened)
• Mormopterus norfolkensis in Mammal Species of the World.
  Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.

Distribution

• South-East Queensland
• East New South Wales (Australia)

Vernacular names

English: Eastern Little Mastiff Bat.

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