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 Saccolaimus mixtus Troughton, 1925 Rec. Aust. Mus. 14(4): 322, pl. xlvii–xlviii, two tables. ( 9 April 1925 ). Common name . Papuan Sheath-tailed Bat. Current name . Saccolaimus mixtus Troughton, 1925 ; following Jackson & Groves (2015). Holotype . A.3257 by original designation. Male adult, body in alc., skull in situ , purchased from Kendall Broadbent and registered in November 1878 . The A Register entry gives the locality as “ Port Moresby ”. Condition . Body in alc.: fur faded, broken left humerus, tear in left wing membrane between forearm and 5th digit, tear in right wing membrane between 4th and 5th digit. Type locality . Port Moresby district , Central Province, Papua New Guinea . Paratypes . (2, by original designation). Details as per holotype : A.3256 , sex not recorded, skull; A.3258 , male, skull, study skin. Comments . Type series of three specimens . These specimens were originally reported as “ Taphozous sp ” by Ramsay (1879b: 243) . See Chimimba & Kitchener (1991) for photographs of paratype skull A.3258.