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Description

Emballonura dianae rickwoodi

Flannery, 1995 a [not 1994]

Mammalia 58(4): 608, fig. 4, table 2. (23 February 1995). Errata, replacement fig. 4 see Mammalia 59(1).

Common name. Large-eared Sheath-tailed Bat.

Current name. Emballonura dianae rickwoodi Flannery, 1995 a; following Simmons (2005).

Holotype. M.19944 by original designation. Male adult, [Field no. FD872], skull, body in alc., [collected on 26 November 1987] by P. German, registered 3 February 1989.

Condition. Cranium and dentaries complete. Soft palate retained on the skull. Body in alc. complete.

Type locality. Plomognake Cave, two hours walk southeast of Ngulahahgi Village (8°15'S 159°40'E), Santa Isabel, Isabel Province, Solomon Islands.

Paratypes. (9, by original designation). All are bodies in alc., skulls in situ, collection date and locality as per holotype: M.19943, male; M.20668, male; M.20676, female; M.20677–78, both male; M.20680, male; M.20683–84, both male; M.20687, female.

Comments. Type series of 10 specimens all from the type locality.

Notes

Published as part of Parnaby, Harry E., Ingleby, Sandy & Divljan, Anja, 2017, Type Specimens of Non-fossil Mammals in the Australian Museum, Sydney, pp. 277-420 in Records of the Australian Museum 69 (5) on pages 390-391, DOI: 10.3853/j.2201-4349.69.2017.1653, http://zenodo.org/record/5237800

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References

  • Flannery, T. F. [1995] a. Systematic revision of Emballonura furax Thomas, 1911 and E. dianae Hill, 1956 (Chiroptera: Emballonuridae), with description of new species and subspecies. Mammalia 58 (4): 601-612. [Dated 1994, published February 1995]. https://doi.org/10.1515/mamm.1994.58.4.601
  • Simmons, N. B. 2005. Order Chiroptera. In Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, ed. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder, pp. 312-529. Baltimore, USA: The Johns Hopkins University Press.