Type Specimens of Non-fossil Mammals in the Australian Museum, Sydney Author Parnaby, Harry E. Author Ingleby, Sandy Author Divljan, Anja text Records of the Australian Museum 2017 2017-10-06 69 5 277 420 http://dx.doi.org/10.3853/j.2201-4349.69.2017.1653 journal article 10.3853/j.2201-4349.69.2017.1653 2201-4349 5237800 68F315FF-3FEB-410E-96EC-5F494510F440 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.