Table 1 in Rediscovery of the Long-eared Bat Genus Nyctophilus (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) in Timor and a Reassessment of Nyctophilus timoriensis

Table 1. Synonymy of Nyctophilus geoffroyi Leach. Based on Mahoney & Walton (1988), Turni & Koch (2008) and original descriptions. An additional name applied to the synonymy of N. geoffroyi, “ Nyctophilus leachii, Gray ” is a nomen nudum because it was listed by Dobson (1878: 174) as a name written on a specimen label, as noted by Tate (1941).
Name originally proposedType localityType materialNyctophilus geoffroyi Leach, 1821a“Australia”, restricted to Albany, south- western Western Australia by Tomes (1858a)Holotype, NCBNBarbastellus pacificus Gray, 1831“The Australasian Barbastelle”, “Islands of the Southern Pacific”, suspected by Thomas (1915a) to be southeastern Australia or TasmaniaHolotype, NHMUKNyctophilus unicolor Tomes, 1858aTasmaniaAt least 3 syntypes, NHMUK, NCBNNyctophilus australis Peters, 1861Unknown, “probably Western Australia”; suggested as Sydney by Iredale & Troughton (1934)Two syntypes, ZMBNyctophilus geayi Trouessart, 1915Nicholson River area, eastern VictoriaHolotype, MNHN, skull lostNyctophilus g. pallescens Thomas, 1913Alexandria, Northern TerritoryHolotype, NHMUK