New Guinea free-tailed bat
| New Guinea free-tailed bat | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Molossidae |
| Genus: | Austronomus |
| Species: | A. kuboriensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Austronomus kuboriensis (McKean and Calaby, 1968)
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The New Guinea free-tailed bat (Austronomus kuboriensis), sometimes designated the New Guinea mastiff bat, is an extant species of free-tailed bat that inhabits the Chimbu highlands of Papua New Guinea. Although Koopman describes A. kuboriensis as a subspecies of the nearby A. australis (1982, 1994), the reference catalogue Mammal Species of the World suggests that recent analysis establishes these as distinct species.[2]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Bonaccorso, F. & Reardon, T. (2008). "Austronomus kuboriensis". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2008: e.T136201A4259029. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T136201A4259029.en.
- ^ Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (2005). Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 0801882214.
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- Mammals described in 1968
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