Nyctophilus timoriensis
- 1. Vertebrate Pest Research Unit, NSW Department of Primary Industries, Orange Agricultural Institute, 1447 Forest Road, Orange, New South Wales 2800 (Australia) and School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales 2052 (Australia) and Division of Mammals, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20013 - 7012 (United States of America) and Australian Museum Research Institute, Australian Museum, 1 William Street, Sydney, New South Wales 2010 (Australia) stephen. jackson @ dpi. nsw. gov. au
- 2. Honorary Research Associate, Department of Vertebrates, Naturalis Biodiversity Center P. O. Box 9517, 2300 RA Leiden (The Netherlands)
- 3. Muséum d'Histoire naturelle, Ville du Havre, Place du Vieux Marché, F- 76600 Le Havre (France) gabrielle. baglione @ lehavre. fr
- 4. Archéozoologie, archéobotanique: sociétés, pratiques et environnements (AASPE), Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, CNRS, Case postale 55, 57 rue Cuvier F- 75231 Paris cedex 05 (France) cecile. callou @ mnhn. fr
Description
Vespertilio timoriensis É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1806
(Fig. 52)
Vespertilio timoriensis É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1806: 200.
COMMON NAME. — Greater Long-eared Bat.
CURRENT NAME. — Nyctophilus timoriensis (É.Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1806).
See Simmons (2005: 470). This taxon has more recently been considered a nomen dubium by authors including Parnaby (2009: 39) and Jackson & Groves (2015: 270) so further research is required to identify the specimen’s relationships.
COLLECTOR/S. — Charles-Alexandre Lesueur, contra Desmarest (1821: 146); Rode (1941: 248), who mentioned both Péron and Lesueur as its collectors. COLLECTION LOCALITY. — Near Kupang Bay, West-Timor, Indonesia. COLLECTION DATE. — Between 6 May and 3 June 1803. SPECIMEN NUMBER/S. — MNHN-ZM-MO-1990-36 (Fig. 52), holotype, skin (Rode 1941: 248).
OTHER NUMBER/S. — Nouv. Cat. Gal. No. 160a on the pedestal and No. 884 on the wing.
ILLUSTRATIONS. — No data.
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Event date
- 1803-05-06
- Family
- Vespertilionidae
- Genus
- Nyctophilus
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Material sample ID
- MNHN-ZM-MO-1990-36
- Order
- Chiroptera
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Scientific name authorship
- E. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire
- Species
- timoriensis
- Taxon rank
- species
- Type status
- holotype
- Verbatim event date
- 1803-05-06/06-03
- Taxonomic concept label
- Nyctophilus timoriensis (Saint-Hilaire, 1806) sec. Jackson, Jansen, Baglione & Callou, 2021
References
- SIMMONS N. B. 2005. - Order Chiroptera, in WILSON D. E. & REEDER D. M. (eds) Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore. Third Edition: 312 - 529.
- PARNABY H. E. 2009. - A taxonomic review of the Australian greater long-eared bat previously known as Nyctophilus timoriensis (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) and some associated taxa. Australian Zoologist 35: 39 - 81. https: // doi. org / 10.3853 / j. 2201 - 4349.69.2017.1653
- JACKSON S. M. & GROVES S. M. 2015. - Taxonomy of Australian Mammals. CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne, 529 p.
- DESMAREST A. G. 1821. - Mammalogie, ou description des especes de mammiferes. Premier Partie, contenant les ordres des bimanes, des quadrumanes et des carnassiers. V. Agasse, Paris, 276 p. https: // www. biodiversitylibrary. org / page / 39523759
- RODE P. 1941. - Catalogue des types de Mammiferes du Museum national d'Histoire naturelle. Ordre des chiropteres. Bulletin du Museum national d'Histoire naturelle (2) 13: 227 - 252.