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Nyctophilus
Leach, 1821
- New Guinean and Australian big-eared bats
(mammal)
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Nyctophilini (Tribe)
..Pharotis (Genus)
..Nyctophilus (Genus) - New Guinean and Australian big-eared bats
....Nyctophilus arnhemensis (Species) - Arnhem Land long-eared bat
....Nyctophilus bifax (Species) - northern long-eared bat
....Nyctophilus geoffroyi (Species) - lesser long-eared bat
....Nyctophilus gouldi (Species) - Gould's long-eared bat
....Nyctophilus heran (Species)
....‡Nyctophilus howensis (Species)
....Nyctophilus microdon (Species) - small-toothed long-eared bat
....Nyctophilus microtis (Species) - Papuan long-eared bat
....Nyctophilus nebulosus (Species)
....Nyctophilus timoriensis (Species) - greater long-eared bat
....Nyctophilus walkeri (Species) - pygmy long-eared bat
Authorship
Original name
:
Leach, 1821. Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond., 13: 78.
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:
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:
Types
Type of
:
Nyctophilini
(Tribe)
Peters, 1865
Type, by original designation
:
Nyctophilus geoffroyi
Leach, 1821
Synonyms
Including
:
Lamingtona
(Genus)
McKean & Calaby, 1968
Ref:
G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991
Vernacular Names (English)
Full name
:
New Guinean and Australian big-eared bats
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