Nyctophilus howensis McKean 1975

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Chiroptera - Family Vespertilionidae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 451-529 : 469

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scientific name	Nyctophilus howensis McKean 1975
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Nyctophilus howensis McKean 1975 , Aust. Mammal., 1: 330.

Type Locality: Australia, Lord Howe Isl, North Bay.

Vernacular Names: Lord Howe Island Long-eared Bat.

Distribution: Known only from the type locality.

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

Discussion: Known only from the holotype, a fossil found in a cave on Lord Howe Isl. McKean (1975) suggested that this species may have survived into historic times on the basis of Etheridge's (1889) statement that a bat larger than Chalinolobus morio was occasionally seen on the island.