Nyctophilus timoriensis (É.Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1806)

Jackson, Stephen M., Jansen, Justin J. F. J., Baglione, Gabrielle & Callou, Cécile, 2021, Mammals collected and illustrated by the Baudin Expedition to Australia and Timor (1800 - 1804): A review of the current taxonomy of specimens in the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle de Paris and the illustrations in the Muséum d’Histoire naturelle du Havre, Zoosystema 43 (21), pp. 387-548 : 431-432

Vespertilio timoriensis É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1806

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Vespertilio timoriensis É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1806: 200 .

COMMON NAME. — Greater Long-eared Bat.

CURRENT NAME. — Nyctophilus timoriensis (É.Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1806) .

See Simmons (2005: 470). This taxon has more recently been considered a nomen dubium by authors including Parnaby (2009: 39) and Jackson & Groves (2015: 270) so further research is required to identify the specimen’s relationships.

COLLECTOR/S. — Charles-Alexandre Lesueur, contra Desmarest (1821: 146); Rode (1941: 248), who mentioned both Péron and Lesueur as its collectors. COLLECTION LOCALITY. — Near Kupang Bay , West-Timor, Indonesia. COLLECTION DATE. — Between 6 May and 3 June 1803. SPECIMEN NUMBER/S. — MNHN-ZM-MO-1990-36 ( Fig. 52 ), holotype, skin ( Rode 1941: 248).

OTHER NUMBER/S. — Nouv. Cat. Gal. No. 160a on the pedestal and No. 884 on the wing.

ILLUSTRATIONS. — No data.

Figures

FIG. 52. — MNHN-ZM-MO-1990-36, holotype skin mount of Vespertilio timoriensis É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire,1806. Scale bar: 5 cm. Photography by Anja Divljan. Credits: MNHN.