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Greater Long-eared Bat
Nyctophilus major Gray, 1844
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Nyctophilus major Gray, 1844
- Name authority
- Gray, 1844
- Common name
- Greater Long-eared Bat
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Chiroptera
- Family
- Vespertilionidae
- Genus
- Nyctophilus
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classMammalia Linnaeus, 1758
- subclassTheria Parker & Haswell, 1897
- infraclassEutheria Gill, 1872
- orderChiroptera Blumenbach, 1779
- suborderYangochiroptera Koopman, 1984
- superfamilyVespertilionoidea Gray, 1821
- familyVespertilionidae Gray, 1821
- subfamilyVespertilioninae Gray, 1821
- tribeVespertilionini Gray, 1821
- genusNyctophilus Leach, 1821
- speciesNyctophilus major Gray, 1844
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Nyctophilus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Arnhem Long-eared BatNyctophilus arnhemensis Johnson, 1959 | VespertilionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Artful Long-eared BatNyctophilus daedalus Thomas, 1915 | VespertilionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Sunda long-eared batNyctophilus heran Kitchener, How & Maharadatunkamsi, 1991 | VespertilionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| New Guinea Long-eared BatNyctophilus microtis Thomas, 1888 | VespertilionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Tasmania Long-eared BatNyctophilus sherrini Thomas, 1915 | VespertilionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Mount Missim Long-eared BatNyctophilus shirleyae Parnaby, 2009 | VespertilionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Pygmy Long-eared BatNyctophilus walkeri Thomas, 1892 | VespertilionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| New Caledonian Long-eared BatNyctophilus nebulosus Parnaby, 2002 | VespertilionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Bifax Long-eared BatNyctophilus bifax Thomas, 1915 | VespertilionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Corben's Long-eared BatNyctophilus corbeni Parnaby, 2009 | VespertilionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Lesser Long-eared BatNyctophilus geoffroyi Leach, 1821 | VespertilionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Gould's Long-eared BatNyctophilus gouldi Tomes, 1858 | VespertilionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Richardson, John, and John Edward Gray, eds. (1844). The Zoology of the Voyage of the H.M.S. Erebus & Terror, under the Command of Captain Sir James Clark Ross, during the Years 1839 to 1843, Vol. 1. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:485YR. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.