New Guinea Big-eared Bat

New Guinea Big-eared Bat
New Guinea big-eared bat
Conservation status
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.

References

  1. ^ a b Bonaccorso et al., 2008

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.