New Guinea big-eared bat
| New Guinea big-eared bat | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Vespertilionidae |
| Genus: | Pharotis Thomas, 1914 |
| Species: | P. imogene |
| Binomial name | |
| Pharotis imogene Thomas, 1914 | |
The New Guinea big-eared bat (Pharotis imogene) is a vesper bat endemic to Papua New Guinea. It is listed as a critically endangered species due to ongoing habitat loss.[1] It is the only known member of the genus Pharotis, which is closely related to Nyctophilus.
Previously, the species was believed to have been extinct since 1890, when it was last spotted. In 2012, researchers realised that a female bat collected near Kamali was a member of this species.[2]
References
- 1 2 Bonaccorso et al., 2008
- ↑ Gates, Sara (4 June 2014). "Presumed Extinct Bat Found In Papua New Guinea After 120 Years". Huffington Post. Retrieved 5 June 2014.
Literature cited
- Bonaccorso, F., Hamilton, S. and Parnaby, H. 2008. Pharotis imogene. In IUCN. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on November 11, 2009.
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