New Guinea free-tailed bat

New Guinea free-tailed bat
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Molossidae
Genus: Austronomus
Species:
A. kuboriensis
Binomial name
Austronomus kuboriensis
(McKean and Calaby, 1968)

The New Guinea free-tailed bat (Austronomus kuboriensis), sometimes designated the New Guinea mastiff bat, is a species of free-tailed bat that inhabits the Chimbu highlands of Papua New Guinea. Although Koopman described A. kuboriensis as a subspecies of the nearby A. australis, the 2005 reference catalogue Mammal Species of the World suggested that analysis had established these as distinct species.[2]

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  1. ^ Armstrong, K.N. (2021). "Austronomus kuboriensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T136201A22009294. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T136201A22009294.en. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
  2. ^ Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (2005). Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 0801882214.