Synemporion keana Ziegler, Howarth & Simmons, 2016:7
Hawaii lesser bat, Lava-tube bat
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Extinct
Last record: Late Pleistocene
Distribution
Hawai'i, Maui and Moloka'i, Hawaiian Islands, USA
Biology
Hypodigm
Holotype: BPBM 159269
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Ziegler, Alan C., Howarth, Francis G. and Simmons, Nancy B. (2016). A second endemic land mammal for the Hawaiian Islands: a new genus and species of fossil bat (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae). American Museum Novitates 3854: 1-52.
Other references:
Ziegler, Alan C. (2002). Hawaiian Natural History, Ecology, and Evolution. University of Hawaii Press.
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