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Nycticeius influatus Thomas, 1924:540

Hughenden broad-nosed bat, Wilkin's broad-nosed bat

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Synonym/s: Scotorepens balstoni influatus Thomas, 1924:540; Scotorepens influatus Thomas, 1924:540; Nycticeius balstoni influatus Thomas, 1924:540; Scoteinus influatus Thomas, 1924:540

 

Conservation Status

Extinct or invalid (synonym)

Last record: 1923 (Ride, 1970:205)**

 

** Ride (1970:205) notes that the holotype was collected in 1923, and that a further two specimens which may belong to this species were subsequently collected. Thus the last record of the species depends upon the correct identification of these latter specimens whose year of collection is not given.

 

Distribution

Queensland (central*), Australia

 

* In the vicinity of Prairie according to (Ride, 1970:177).

 

Biology

 

 

Hypodigm

 

 

Media

 

 

References

Original scientific description:

Thomas, O. (1924). A new Scoteinus from Queensland. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (9) 13: 540.

 

Other references:

Jackson, Stephen and Groves, Colin. (2015). Taxonomy of Australian Mammals. Clayton South, Melbourne: CSIRO Publishing. 529 pp. [p. 277]

Kitchener, D. J. and Caputi, N. (1985). Systematic revision of Australian Scoteanax and Scotorepens (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae), with remarks on relationships to other Nycticeini. Records of the Western Australian Museum 12: 85-146.

Ride, W. D. L. (1970). A Guide to the Native Mammals of Australia. Melbourne: Oxford University Press.

 

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