New Guinea Big-eared Bat

New Guinea big-eared bat
Conservation status
Critically Endangered (IUCN 3.1)[1]
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.

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