Order Chiroptera - Family Vespertilionidae Author Wilson, Don E. Author Reeder, DeeAnn text 2005 The Johns Hopkins University Press Baltimore Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1 451 529 book chapter 0-8018-8221-4 10.5281/zenodo.7316519 Pharotis imogene Thomas 1914 Pharotis imogene Thomas 1914 , Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 8, 14: 382 . Type Locality: Papua New Guinea , Central Prov., Lower Kemp Welch River, Kamali. Vernacular Names: Thomas's Big-eared Bat . Distribution: SE New Guinea . Conservation: IUCN 2003 and IUCN / SSC Action Plan (2001) – Critically Endangered. Discussion: See Flannery (1995 a ) and Bonaccorso (1998) .