Nyctophilus geoffroyi

Lesser Long-eared Bat at Greenleigh, NSW

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Identification history

Nyctophilus geoffroyi	5 May 2017	MichaelMulvaney
Nyctophilus geoffroyi	7 Jan 2017	wombey
Unidentified	1 Jan 2017	CCPK

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Bats regularly seen flying in this area as there are small crevices in the rocks nearby and old mineshafts

6 comments

michaelb wrote:

2 Jan 2017

Thanks for this. The only bats we have had photos for so far have been grey headed flying foxes.

ArcherCallaway wrote:

2 Jan 2017

Hey Michael, I put up photos first :P Although no one seems to know what it is

Miniopterus schreibersii (Common Bentwing Bat) on 26 Sep 2016

michaelb wrote:

2 Jan 2017

Sorry Ryu. I should have said "none have been ID'd except grey headed flying foxes".

ArcherCallaway wrote:

2 Jan 2017

That's ok Michael. Its always nice to get photos of some of the more interesting species. Shame they seem to be really hard to ID...

MichaelMulvaney wrote:

5 May 2017

ID advice provided from Doug Mills of NSW Office of Environment who said "my best guess is Nyctophilus geoffroyi"

wombey wrote:

6 May 2017

Michael, It is the most common Nyctophilus to turn up in the ANWC Collection from the Canberra region and it certainly looks like geoffroyi. The other possibility is gouldi and they can best be told apart by the shape of the grove in the post nasal ridge, T shaped in gouldi and Y in geoffroyi. A really good close up of the face showing the post nasal ridge might have helped. Something to consider in future records.

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