Pharotis imogene Thomas, 1914:382
New Guinea big-eared bat, Thomas's big-eared bat
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Last record: 1890 (Fisher & Blomberg, 2012)
Rediscovered in 25 July 2012
IUCN RedList status: Critically Endangered
Distribution
New Guinea (south-east)
Biology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Thomas, O. (1914). A new genus of bats allied to Nyctophilus. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (series 8) 14: 381-383.
Other references:
Bininda-Emonds, O.R.P., Cardillo, M., Jones, K.E., MacPhee, R.D.E., Beck, R.M.D., Grenyer, R., Price, S.A., Vos, R.A., Gittleman, J.L. & Purvis, A. 2007 The delayed rise of present-day mammals. Nature 446, 507-512.
Bonaccorso, F. J. (1998). Bats of Papua New Guinea. Conservation International. Washington, DC.
Bonaccorso, F., Hamilton, S. & Parnaby, H. (2008). Pharotis imogene. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.1. (http://www.iucnredlist.org). Downloaded on 18 October 2011.
Fisher, Diana O. and Blomberg, Simon P. (2012). Inferring Extinction of Mammals from Sighting Records, Threats, and Biological Traits. Conservation Biology 26(1): 57-67. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1523-1739.2011.01797.x
Flannery, T. F. (1995). Mammals of the South-west Pacific and Moluccan Islands. Comstock/Cornell, Ithaca, NY, 464 pp.
Hughes, Catherine, Julie Broken-Brow, Harry Parnaby, Steve Hamilton, and Luke K.-P. Leung. (2014). Rediscovery of the New Guinea Big-eared Bat Pharotis imogene from Central Province, Papua New Guinea. Records of the Australian Museum 66(4): 225-232.
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Laurie, Eleanor Mary Ord and Hill, John Edwards. (1954). List of Land Mammals of New Guinea, Celebes and Adjacent Islands, 1758-1952. London: British Museum (Natural History).
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https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/view/10724659/abs20newsletter20no203920november202012/17
https://extinctanimals.proboards.com/thread/6513/pharotis-imogene-new-guinea-eared