Nyctophilus shirleyae Parnaby, 2009

Parnaby, Harry E., Ingleby, Sandy & Divljan, Anja, 2017, Type Specimens of Non-fossil Mammals in the Australian Museum, Sydney, Records of the Australian Museum 69 (5), pp. 277-420 : 398

Nyctophilus shirleyae Parnaby, 2009

Aust. Zool. 35(1): 70, figs 21, 31–33, table 10. (19 October 2009).

Common names. Mt Missim Long-eared Bat, Shirley’s Long-eared Bat.

Current name. Nyctophilus shirleyae Parnaby, 2009 ; following Parnaby (2009).

Holotype. M.37711 by original designation. Female adult, Field no. 8005, skull, body in alc., frozen tissue; collected by H. Parnaby 8 July 1988 and registered 7 November 2006.

Condition. Cranium and dentaries complete. Body in alc. complete, except part of left pectoral muscle which has been removed.

Type locality. Southwestern slopes of Mt Missim, Kuper Range, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea, (7°16'S 146°46'E, approx alt. 1600–1800 m) .

Paratypes. (2, by original designation). M.37710, adult female, skull, body in alc., frozen tissue, captured by H. Parnaby on 8 July 1988 at the type locality; M.37712, adult female, skull, body in alc., frozen tissue. Captured by H. Parnaby on 11 July 1988 on the southwestern slopes of Mt Missim , Kuper Range, PNG: the site (7°15'S 146°47'E) was of higher alt. than the type locality .

Comments. Hill & Pratt (1981) first reported the existence of this large species from New Guinea, which they tentatively assigned to N. timoriensis (É. Geoffroy, 1806) . The latitude of 17° is consistently, but incorrectly, stated in the original account.