Nyctophilus howensis
– Extinct
Taxonomy
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Kingdom:
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ANIMALIA
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Phylum:
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CHORDATA
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Class:
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MAMMALIA
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Order:
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CHIROPTERA
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Family:
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VESPERTILIONIDAE
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Scientific Name:
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Nyctophilus howensis
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Species Authority:
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McKean, 1975
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Common Name/s:
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| English | — | LORD HOWE LONG-EARED BAT |
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Assessment Information
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Red List Category & Criteria:
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EX ver 2.3 (1994)
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Year Assessed:
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1996
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Annotations:
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Needs updating
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Assessor/s:
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Chiroptera Specialist Group
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Justification:
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MacPhee and Flemming (1999) consider this species to have become extinct before 1500 AD. The species is known only from fossil remains. N. howensis may be removed from the Red List, however, the matter has been referred to the relevant Specialist Group for a decision.
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Geographic Range
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Countries:
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Regionally extinct:
Australia; New Caledonia
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Habitat and Ecology
Bibliography
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Bibliography:
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MacPhee, R.D.E. and Flemming, C. 1999. Requiem Æternam. The last five hundred years of mammalian species extinctions. In: R.D.E. MacPhee (ed.) Extinctions in Near Time, pp.333-371. Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, New York. Nowak, R.M. (ed.) 1999. Walkers Mammals of the World. Sixth edition. The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore and London.
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