Lord Howe Long-eared Bat
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The Lord Howe Long-Eared Bat (Nyctophilus howensis) is a species of vesper bat
in the Vespertilionidae family.
It is known only from a single skull found on Lord Howe Island
in 1972 and dated to the 20th century. It may thus be extinct; if not it is certainly endangered.
Vesper bat
Vesper bats , also known as Evening bats or Common bats, are the largest and best-known family of bats. They belong to the suborder Microchiroptera . There are over three hundred species distributed all over the world, on every continent except Antarctica...
in the Vespertilionidae family.
It is known only from a single skull found on Lord Howe Island
Lord Howe Island
Lord Howe Island is an irregularly crescent-shaped volcanic remnant in the Tasman Sea between Australia and New Zealand, directly east of mainland Port Macquarie, and about from Norfolk Island. The island is about 11 km long and between 2.8 km and 0.6 km wide with an area of...
in 1972 and dated to the 20th century. It may thus be extinct; if not it is certainly endangered.