Pygmy long-eared bat

Pygmy long-eared bat
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Vespertilionidae
Genus: Nyctophilus
Species:
N. walkeri
Binomial name
Nyctophilus walkeri
Thomas, 1892[2]

The pygmy long-eared bat (Nyctophilus walkeri) is a vesper bat, found in the north of the Australian continent. An insectivorous flying hunter, they are one of the tiniest mammals in Australia, weighing only a few grams and one or two inches long.

  1. ^ McKenzie, N.; Lumsden, L.F.; Parnaby, H.; Milne, D.J. (2020). "Nyctophilus walkeri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T15011A22003303. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T15011A22003303.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Thomas1892 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).