Type Specimens of Non-fossil Mammals in the Australian Museum, Sydney
Author
Parnaby, Harry E.
Author
Ingleby, Sandy
Author
Divljan, Anja
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3853/j.2201-4349.69.2017.1653
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Nyctophilus shirleyae
Parnaby, 2009
Aust. Zool.
35(1): 70, figs 21, 31–33, table 10. (
19 October 2009
).
Common names
. Mt Missim Long-eared Bat, Shirley’s Long-eared Bat.
Current name
.
Nyctophilus shirleyae
Parnaby, 2009
; following
Parnaby (2009)
.
Holotype
. M.37711 by original designation. Female adult, Field no. 8005, skull, body in alc., frozen tissue; collected by H. Parnaby
8 July 1988
and registered
7 November 2006
.
Condition
. Cranium and dentaries complete. Body in alc. complete, except part of left pectoral muscle which has been removed.
Type locality
.
Southwestern
slopes of
Mt Missim
,
Kuper Range
,
Morobe Province
,
Papua New Guinea
, (
7°16'S
146°46'E
, approx alt.
1600–1800 m
)
.
Paratypes
. (2, by original designation).
M.37710
, adult female, skull, body in alc., frozen tissue, captured by
H. Parnaby
on
8 July 1988
at the type locality;
M.37712
, adult female, skull, body in alc., frozen tissue. Captured by
H. Parnaby
on
11 July 1988
on the southwestern slopes of
Mt Missim
,
Kuper Range
,
PNG
: the site (
7°15'S
146°47'E
) was of higher alt. than the type locality
.
Comments
. Hill & Pratt (1981) first reported the existence of this large species from New
Guinea
, which they tentatively assigned to
N. timoriensis
(É.
Geoffroy, 1806
)
. The latitude of 17° is consistently, but incorrectly, stated in the original account.