Nyctophilus arnhemensis

Nyctophilus arnhemensis

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 arnhemensis

Name

Nyctophilus arnhemensis Johnson, 1959: 184

• Holotype: USNM 284249, adult ♂, skin and skull, collected by D.H. Johnson on 12 August 1948.
• Type locality: “Rocky Bay, south of Yirkala, Cape Arnhem Peninsula, Northern Territory, Australia (lat. 12°16′S, long. 136°47′E)”.

Native distribution areas

• Australia: Queensland, Northern Territory and Western Australia.

References

Primary references

• Johnson, D.H. 1959. Four new mammals from the Northern Territory of Australia. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 72: 183–188. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Jackson, S. & Groves, C. 2015. Taxonomy of Australian Mammals. CSIRO Publishing: Clayton. 529 pp. ISBN 978-1-486-30012-9. Reference page. 

Links

• McKenzie, N., Reardon, T.B., Parnaby, H. & Milne, D.J. 2020. IUCN: Nyctophilus arnhemensis  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T15000A22010474. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T15000A22010474.en. Accessed on 17 January 2024.

Vernacular names

English: Northern Long-eared Bat