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Species Nyctophilus walkeri Thomas, 1892

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Species Nyctophilus walkeri Thomas, 1892

Pygmy Long-eared Bat

  • Nyctophilus walkeri Thomas, O. 1892. Description of a third species of the genus Nyctophilus. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 6 9: 405-406 [406].
    Type data:
     Holotype BMNH 92.4.4.1 ♀ skin (wet) & skull, Adelaide River, NT.

 

Distribution

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IBRA

NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Kimberley (CK), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Dampierland (DL), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Northern Kimberley (NK), Pine Creek (PCK), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB)

Ecological Descriptors

Predator, volant.

 

General References

Churchill, S.K., Hall, L.S. & Helman, P.M. 1984. Observations on long-eared bats (Vespertilionidae: Nyctophilus) from northern Australia. Australian Mammalogy 7: 17-28

Friend, G.R. & Braithwaite, R.W. 1986. Bat fauna of Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory. Australian Mammalogy 9: 43-52

Kitchener, D.J. 1995. Pygmy Long-eared Bat Nyctophilus walkeri. pp. 508-509 in Strahan, R. (ed.). The Mammals of Australia: The National Photographic Index of Australian Wildlife. Sydney : Reed New Holland 756 pp.

 

Common Name References

ABRS 2001. Census of Australian Vertebrates. Australian Biological Resources Study (Pygmy Long-eared Bat)