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Nyctophilus major  Gray, 1844
Taxonomic Serial No.: 947182

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): Greater Long-eared Bat [English]
  
    Western Long-eared Bat [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassMammalia Linnaeus, 1758 – mammifères, mamífero, mammals  
                         SubclassTheria Parker and Haswell, 1897  
                            InfraclassEutheria Gill, 1872  
                               OrderChiroptera Blumenbach, 1779 – morcego, quiróptero, bats  
                                  SuborderYangochiroptera Koopman, 1984  
                                     SuperfamilyVespertilionoidea Gray, 1821  
                                        FamilyVespertilionidae Gray, 1821 – vesper bats, vespertilionid bats, evening bats  
                                           SubfamilyVespertilioninae Gray, 1821  
                                              TribeVespertilionini Gray, 1821  
                                                 GenusNyctophilus Leach, 1821  
                                                    SpeciesNyctophilus major Gray, 1844 – Greater Long-eared Bat, Western Long-eared Bat  
    Direct Children:  
                                                       Subspecies Nyctophilus major major Gray, 1844 – Western Long-eared Bat 
                                                       Subspecies Nyctophilus major tor Parnaby, 2009 – Central Long-eared Bat 
       

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  Source: Australasian Bat Society Taxonomic List (2020), database (version 09-06-2020)  
  Acquired: 2021   
  Notes: Armstrong, K.N., Reardon, T.B. and Jackson, S.M. (2020). A current taxonomic list of Australian Chiroptera. Australasian Bat Society. Version 2020-06-09. https://www.ausbats.org.au/species-list.html   
  Reference for: Nyctophilus major, Greater Long-eared Bat [English]   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Parnaby, H. E.  
  Publication Date: 2009   
  Article/Chapter Title: A taxonomic review of Australian Greater Long-eared Bats previously known as Nyctophilus timoriensis (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) and some associated taxa   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Australian Zoologist, vol. 35, no. 1   
  Page(s): 39-81   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 0067-2238   
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  Reference for: Nyctophilus major   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Richardson, John, and John Edward Gray, eds.  
  Publication Date: 1844   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: The zoology of the voyage of the H.M.S. Erebus & Terror, under the command of Captain Sir James Clark Ross, during the years 1839 to 1843, vol. 1   
  Page(s): 39   
  Publisher: E. W. Janson   
  Publication Place: London, England   
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  Notes: Available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6957416   
  Reference for: original description   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, D. E., and R. A. Mittermeier, eds.  
  Publication Date: 2019   
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  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Handbook of the Mammals of the World. 9. Bats   
  Page(s): 1008   
  Publisher: Lynx Edicions   
  Publication Place: Barcelona, Spain   
  ISBN/ISSN: 978-84-16728190   
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  Reference for: Nyctophilus major, Western Long-eared Bat [English]   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Australia  
       
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