Emballonura dianae Hill 1956

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Chiroptera - Family Emballonuridae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 381-391 : 388

Emballonura dianae Hill 1956

Emballonura dianae Hill 1956 , in: Wolff, Nat. Hist. Rennell Isl, Brit. Solomon Isls, Vol. 1: 74.

Type Locality: Solomon Isls, Rennell Isl, near Tigoa, Te-Abagua Cave, about 35 m.

Vernacular Names: Large-eared Sheath-tailed Bat.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Emballonura dianae subsp. dianae Hill 1956

Subspecies Emballonura dianae subsp. fruhstorferi Flannery 1994

Subspecies Emballonura dianae subsp. rickwoodi Flannery 1994

Distribution: Rennell, Guadalcanal, Malaita, Choiseul and San Isabel Isls (Solomon Isls), New Ireland (Bismarck Arch.), New Guinea.

Conservation: IUCN 2003 and IUCN / SSC Action Plan (2001) – Vulnerable.

Discussion: raffrayana species group. Revised by Flannery (1994 b). See also Flannery (1995 a, b) and Bonaccorso (1998).