Nyctophilus howensis

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: † Nyctophilus howensis

Name

Nyctophilus howensis McKean, 1975: 330

• Holotype: ANWC CM4724, cranium with periotic bones and dentaries missing, collected by G.F. van Tets.
• Type locality: “cave at north end of Island, north east of North Bay Beach”, Lord Howe Island, Australia.

Native distribution areas

• Australia: Lord Howe Island.

References

Primary references

• McKean, J.L. 1975. The bats of Lord Howe Island with the description of a new nyctophiline bat. Australian Mammalogy 1(4): 329–332. DOI: 10.1071/AM75003 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. 
• Jackson, S. & Groves, C. 2015. Taxonomy of Australian Mammals. CSIRO Publishing: Clayton. 529 pp. ISBN 978-1-486-30012-9. Reference page. 

Links

• Lumsden, L.F. & Reardon, T.B. 2020. IUCN: Nyctophilus howensis  (Extinct). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T15006A22009211. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T15006A22009211.en. Accessed on 16 January 2024.

Vernacular names

English: Lord Howe Island Long-eared Bat