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The three subspecies are poorly defined.; [batnames2023]  geoffroyi species group. Reviewed in part by Kitchener et al. (1991 d ). The three subspecies are poorly defined.; [batnames2025_1.7] geoffroyispecies group. Reviewed in part by Kitchener et al. (1991d). The three subspecies are poorly defined.						australis, geayi, leachii, novaehollandiae, pacificus, pallescens, unicolor.		geoffroyi, pacificus, pallescens	australis, leachii, novaehollandiae; pacificus - geayi, unicolor	geoffroyi, pacificus, pallescens		geoffroyi, pacificus, pallescens	geoffroyi - australis, leachii, novaehollandiae; pacificus - geayi, unicolor	geoffroyi, novaehollandiae, pacificus, unicolor, australis, leachii, pallescens, geayi		geoffroyi, pacificus, pallescens	geoffroyi - australis, leachii, novaehollandiae; pacificus - geayi, unicolor	geoffroyi, novaehollandiae, pacificus, unicolor, australis, leachii, pallescens, geayi 	geoffroyi, novaehollandiae, pacificus, geoffroyii, unicolor, australis, leachii, pallescens, geayi 	geoffroyi, pacificus, pallescens	geoffroyi - australis, leachii, novaehollandiae; pacificus - geayi, unicolor	geoffroyi Leach, 1821|novaehollandiae (J. E. Gray, 1831)|pacificus (J. E. Gray, 1831)|geoffroyii J. E. Gray, 1838 [incorrect subsequent spelling]|unicolor Tomes, 1858|australis W. C. H. Peters, 1859|leachii Dobson, 1878 [nomen nudum | not used as valid]|pallescens O. Thomas, 1913|geayi Trouessart, 1915		Corbet, G.B. and Hill, J.E. 1980. A World List of Mammalian Species. British Museum (Natural History), London, 226 pp.	Lesser long-eared bat	C, S Australia, Tasmania	Honacki, J.H., Kinman, K.E. and Koeppl, J.W. 1982. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Allen Press, Lawrence, 694 pp.	Nyctophilus geoffroyi	Australia, Western Australia, King George Sound.	Leach	1822	Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond., 13:78.	Distribution: Ranging widely across Australia (except Cape York) in both coastal and inland areas, including Tasmania.		Corbet, G.B. and Hill, J.E. 1991. A World List of Mammalian Species. Third edition. Oxford University Press, London, 243 pp. ISBN 0-19-854017-5	Lesser long-eared bat	Australia, Tasmania	Koopman, K.F. 1993. Order Chiroptera. Pp. 137–242 in Wilson, D.E. and Reeder, D.M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Second edition. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, 1206 pp.	Leach	1821	Trans. Linn. Soc. London, 13:78.		Australia (except NE) including Tasmania.	Australia, Western Australia, King George Sound.		LEACH	1821	Size fairly small (forearm length, 30-41 mm; condylobasal length, 13-16 mm). Posterior noseleaf relatively well developed. Band connecting ears relatively high. Teeth relatively small.	Distribution: Ranging widely across Australia (except Cape York) in both coastal and inland areas, including Tasmania.	Three poorly marked subspecies.		131	species	N. geoffroyi	LEACH	1821	Nyctophilus	genus	Nyctophilus geoffroyi				Size fairly small (forearm length, 30-41 mm; condylobasal length, 13-16 mm). Posterior noseleaf relatively well developed. Band connecting ears relatively high. Teeth relatively small.	Three poorly marked subspecies.		7. N. geoffroyi LEACH 1821.	7	_N. g. geoffroyi_ Leach, 1821 (synonyms: _australis_ Peters, 1859, _leachii_ Dobson, 1878, _novaehollandiae_ (Gray, 1831)); _N. g. pacificus_ (Gray, 1831) (synonyms: _geayi_ Trouessart, 1915, _unicolor_ Tomes, 1858); _N. g. pallescens_ Thomas, 1913			Don E. Wilson & DeeAnn M. Reeder (editors). 2005. Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed), Johns Hopkins University Press, 2,142 pp. (Available from Johns Hopkins University Press, 1-800-537-5487 or (410) 516-6900, or at http://www.press.jhu.edu).	CHIROPTERA	Vespertilionidae	Vespertilioninae	Nyctophilini	Nyctophilus geoffroyi	Nyctophilus		geoffroyi	Leach		1821		Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond.	13		78		Lesser Long-eared Bat	Australia, Western Australia, King George Sound.	Australia (except NE) including Tasmania.	IUCN 2003 and IUCN/SSC Action Plan (2001) – Lower Risk (lc).	australis Peters, 1861; leachii Dobson, 1878; novaehollandiae Gray, 1831; pacificus Gray, 1831; geayi Troussart, 1915; unicolor Tomes, 1858; pallescens Thomas, 1913.	Reviewed in part by Kitchener et al. (1991d). The three subspecies are poorly defined.	4C3D87E8FFCB6A75FA519FDC1B23B1DD	Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 9 Bats, Barcelona: Lynx Edicions	978-84-16728-19-0	hbmw_9_Vespertilionidae_716.pdf.imf	hash://md5/b004ff90fffb6a44fffc96591e00bb32	806	zip:hash://sha256/ec5fd314a06aba1a7b0b72f23e54ac625ae272bd98f82f1d01f4c09627d9e8e0!/treatments-xml-main/data/4C/3D/87/4C3D87E8FFCB6A75FA519FDC1B23B1DD.xml	Nyctophilus geoffroyi	Vespertilionidae	Nyctophilus	geoffroyi	Leach	1821	Nyctophile de Geoffroy @fr | Geoffroy-Langohrfledermaus @de | Nictofila de Geoffroy @es	Nyctophilus geoffroyi Leach, 1821 , type locality not given. Nyctophilus geoffroyi is in the geoffroyi group that also tentatively includes N. heran , but this is not well established. Three subspecies are tentatively recognized, but they are not well defined morphologically or geographically.	N.g.geoffroyiLeach,1821—WAustralia. N.g.pacificusJ.E.Gray,1831—E&SAustraliaandTasmaniaexceptNECoastofQueenslandandapparentlyincludesFraser,Kangaroo,King,andFlindersIs. N. g. pallescens Thomas, 1913 — N & C Australia .	Head-body 38-50-2 mm, tail 31-40-5 mm, ear 17-6-25-3 mm, forearm 30-6—41-7 mm; weight 3-9-14-5 g. The Lesser Long-eared Bat has very large ears and unique simple noseleaf consisting of two ridges, one further on muzzle and another immediately above nostrils, with vertical groove in middle and furred trough between them. Dorsal pelage is light gray; venter is white. Face, ears, and wing membranes are dark brown. Rostrum is short and blunt, with ridge across muzzle over nostrils that is well developed and high, with two mounds and elastic membrane of skin between them, giving it a distinctive Y-shaped groove. Ears are very large and broad, with bluntly rounded tips, horizontal ribbing on inner surfaces, inward curved anterior edges, and smooth posterior edges (ears can fold back at top of thick part of anterior edge); large and furred interauricular band crosses forehead between ears; tragus is small and bluntly rounded at tip, being convex on anterior margin. Glans penis has distinctive serrated longitudinal dorsal ridge on distal part. Baculum has moderately thin shaft in dorsal view, tapering to non-bifurcated tip, base being strongly bifurcated; in lateral view, baculum is curved downward at base, but shaftis straight to pointed tip. Skull is comparatively gracile for the genus, tympanic bullae are relatively inflated, and M” and M, are moderately reduced.	Various habitats including deserts, tropical to alpine woodlands, mangroves, grasslands, agricultural land, urban areas, wet to dry sclerophyll forests, and rainforests from sea level up to elevations of ¢. 1580 m (in Victoria ).	The Lesser Long-eared Bat catches prey by gleaning and catching it aerially. It uses shortrange echolocation, which is very efficient in picking up textures of objects rather than distance and direction, adding to the evidence that they are gleaners. It has occasionally been captured in pitfall traps, probably being attracted to sounds of captured insects. Although echolocation is still important for prey detection, it likely uses passive listening and visual cues to detect and capture aerial and gleaned prey. Flight is slow and fluttering but with a high degree of maneuverability. Individuals can make quick gliding changes in direction or drop vertically while flying (sometimes within centimeters from the ground) to catch prey aerially. Flight speeds while foraging are much slower than in nearly any other bat species at only 4 km /h, but speeds of 20 km /h are reached while commuting to foraging areas. The Lesser Long-eared Bat is capable of taking off from the ground by jumping straight horizontally and flying. It feeds on a wide variety of insects, but moths, crickets, and grasshoppers appear to be most commonly eaten. Other prey items include wingless ants, cricket nymphs,spiders, beetles, cockroaches, true bugs,flies, and lacewings. It probably exploits calls of katydids seasonally for hunting by passive listening, which its large ears are well designed for.	Lesser Long-eared Bats breed once a year and form maternity colonies during this ime. Spermatogenesis begins in November, peaks in March, and ends in May, but sperm is then stored in epididymides as testes regress. Sperm competition has been observed. Copulation usually starts in April, butthis varies by region. Femalesstore sperm in uterine lining and oviducts over winter until ovulation, fertilization, and implantation take place in late August or September. Gestation lasts 72-93 days and probably changes depending on how much time females spend in torpor. Females usually give birth to twins in late October and November. Births can occur earlier at lowerlatitudes and elevations. By December, young are generally volant, and females are no longer lactating. In Tasmania , lactation was reported for a shorter period of time. Notall females reproduce each year.	Lesser Long-eared Bats are nocturnal. During warm months, they become active shortly after dark and remain active until dawn; in colder months, they might only be active for c.1 hour/day. They roost in dead trees, under tree bark, under rocks, in bird nests (specifically fairy martins, Petrochelidon ariel ), in caves, and in buildings; they are very reluctant to give up roosting sites, even in the face of extreme disturbance—a behavior that accounts in part for their ability to live near humans. Lesser Long-eared Bats can enter torpor during the day and through winter for various durations to deal with excessive heat or cold. Ambient temperature under which they enter torpor decreases at lower latitudes, being ¢.15°C in Tasmania and ¢.25°C on the mainland. As ambient temperature decreases, metabolic rate increases below the thermoneutral zone. Call shape is very steep FM sweep, with peak frequencies of 47-48 kHz (mean 47-7 kHz), and it is very difficult to distinguish it from other long-eared bats.	Lesser Long-eared Bats generally roost in small colonies of 2-3 bats or alone throughoutthe year, but gender composition varies regionally and seasonally. They form maternity colonies in spring that can have up to 200 individuals, but they generally only form colonies of 10-15 individuals. As they begin to form maternity colonies, a single male will often roost with females to mate with them.	Classified as Least Concern on The [UCN Red List. The Lesser Long-eared Bat is the most widely distributed bat species in Australia , being found nearly throughout the continent, and is found in large numbers in most regions. It is common throughout most ofits distribution but less common in northern parts.	Bailey & Haythornthwaite (1998) | Brigham, Francis & Hamdorf (1997) | Bullen & McKenzie (2002a) | Churchill (2008) | Churchill et al. (1984) | Dixon & Rose (2003) | Fullard et al. (1991) | Fuller (2013) | Geiser & Brigham (2000) | Hosken (1996, 1997b, 1998) | Hosken & Withers (1999) | Lumsden & Bennet (1995, 1996) | Lumsden & Tur bill (2008) | Lumsden, Bennett & Silins (2002a, 2002b) | Lumsden, Hall et al. (2008) | McKenzie et al. (2002) | O'Neill & Taylor (1989) | Parnaby (2009) | Strahan (1983) | Tidemann & Flavel (1987) | Turbill (2006b) | Turbill & Geiser (2006)	https://zenodo.org/record/6397960/files/figure.png	91. Lesser Long-eared Bat Nyctophilus geoffroyi French: Nyctophile de Geoffroy / German: Geoffroy-Langohrfledermaus / Spanish: Nictofila de Geoffroy Taxonomy. Nyctophilus geoffroyi Leach, 1821 , type locality not given. Nyctophilus geoffroyi is in the geoffroyi group that also tentatively includes N. heran , but this is not well established. Three subspecies are tentatively recognized, but they are not well defined morphologically or geographically. Subspecies and Distribution. N.g.geoffroyiLeach,1821—WAustralia. N.g.pacificusJ.E.Gray,1831—E&SAustraliaandTasmaniaexceptNECoastofQueenslandandapparentlyincludesFraser,Kangaroo,King,andFlindersIs. N. g. pallescens Thomas, 1913 — N & C Australia . Descriptive notes. Head-body 38-50-2 mm, tail 31-40-5 mm, ear 17-6-25-3 mm, forearm 30-6—41-7 mm; weight 3-9-14-5 g. The Lesser Long-eared Bat has very large ears and unique simple noseleaf consisting of two ridges, one further on muzzle and another immediately above nostrils, with vertical groove in middle and furred trough between them. Dorsal pelage is light gray; venter is white. Face, ears, and wing membranes are dark brown. Rostrum is short and blunt, with ridge across muzzle over nostrils that is well developed and high, with two mounds and elastic membrane of skin between them, giving it a distinctive Y-shaped groove. Ears are very large and broad, with bluntly rounded tips, horizontal ribbing on inner surfaces, inward curved anterior edges, and smooth posterior edges (ears can fold back at top of thick part of anterior edge); large and furred interauricular band crosses forehead between ears; tragus is small and bluntly rounded at tip, being convex on anterior margin. Glans penis has distinctive serrated longitudinal dorsal ridge on distal part. Baculum has moderately thin shaft in dorsal view, tapering to non-bifurcated tip, base being strongly bifurcated; in lateral view, baculum is curved downward at base, but shaftis straight to pointed tip. Skull is comparatively gracile for the genus, tympanic bullae are relatively inflated, and M” and M, are moderately reduced. Habitat. Various habitats including deserts, tropical to alpine woodlands, mangroves, grasslands, agricultural land, urban areas, wet to dry sclerophyll forests, and rainforests from sea level up to elevations of ¢. 1580 m (in Victoria ). Food and Feeding. The Lesser Long-eared Bat catches prey by gleaning and catching it aerially. It uses shortrange echolocation, which is very efficient in picking up textures of objects rather than distance and direction, adding to the evidence that they are gleaners. It has occasionally been captured in pitfall traps, probably being attracted to sounds of captured insects. Although echolocation is still important for prey detection, it likely uses passive listening and visual cues to detect and capture aerial and gleaned prey. Flight is slow and fluttering but with a high degree of maneuverability. Individuals can make quick gliding changes in direction or drop vertically while flying (sometimes within centimeters from the ground) to catch prey aerially. Flight speeds while foraging are much slower than in nearly any other bat species at only 4 km /h, but speeds of 20 km /h are reached while commuting to foraging areas. The Lesser Long-eared Bat is capable of taking off from the ground by jumping straight horizontally and flying. It feeds on a wide variety of insects, but moths, crickets, and grasshoppers appear to be most commonly eaten. Other prey items include wingless ants, cricket nymphs,spiders, beetles, cockroaches, true bugs,flies, and lacewings. It probably exploits calls of katydids seasonally for hunting by passive listening, which its large ears are well designed for. Breeding. Lesser Long-eared Bats breed once a year and form maternity colonies during this ime. Spermatogenesis begins in November, peaks in March, and ends in May, but sperm is then stored in epididymides as testes regress. Sperm competition has been observed. Copulation usually starts in April, butthis varies by region. Femalesstore sperm in uterine lining and oviducts over winter until ovulation, fertilization, and implantation take place in late August or September. Gestation lasts 72-93 days and probably changes depending on how much time females spend in torpor. Females usually give birth to twins in late October and November. Births can occur earlier at lowerlatitudes and elevations. By December, young are generally volant, and females are no longer lactating. In Tasmania , lactation was reported for a shorter period of time. Notall females reproduce each year. Activity patterns. Lesser Long-eared Bats are nocturnal. During warm months, they become active shortly after dark and remain active until dawn; in colder months, they might only be active for c.1 hour/day. They roost in dead trees, under tree bark, under rocks, in bird nests (specifically fairy martins, Petrochelidon ariel ), in caves, and in buildings; they are very reluctant to give up roosting sites, even in the face of extreme disturbance—a behavior that accounts in part for their ability to live near humans. Lesser Long-eared Bats can enter torpor during the day and through winter for various durations to deal with excessive heat or cold. Ambient temperature under which they enter torpor decreases at lower latitudes, being ¢.15°C in Tasmania and ¢.25°C on the mainland. As ambient temperature decreases, metabolic rate increases below the thermoneutral zone. Call shape is very steep FM sweep, with peak frequencies of 47-48 kHz (mean 47-7 kHz), and it is very difficult to distinguish it from other long-eared bats. Movements, Home range and Social organization. Lesser Long-eared Bats generally roost in small colonies of 2-3 bats or alone throughoutthe year, but gender composition varies regionally and seasonally. They form maternity colonies in spring that can have up to 200 individuals, but they generally only form colonies of 10-15 individuals. As they begin to form maternity colonies, a single male will often roost with females to mate with them. Status and Conservation. Classified as Least Concern on The [UCN Red List. The Lesser Long-eared Bat is the most widely distributed bat species in Australia , being found nearly throughout the continent, and is found in large numbers in most regions. It is common throughout most ofits distribution but less common in northern parts. Bibliography. Bailey & Haythornthwaite (1998), Brigham, Francis & Hamdorf (1997), Bullen & McKenzie (2002a), Churchill (2008), Churchill et al. (1984), Dixon & Rose (2003), Fullard et al. (1991), Fuller (2013), Geiser & Brigham (2000), Hosken (1996, 1997b, 1998), Hosken & Withers (1999), Lumsden & Bennet (1995, 1996), Lumsden & Tur bill (2008), Lumsden, Bennett & Silins (2002a, 2002b), Lumsden, Hall et al. (2008), McKenzie et al. (2002), O'Neill & Taylor (1989), Parnaby (2009), Strahan (1983), Tidemann & Flavel (1987), Turbill (2006b), Turbill & Geiser (2006).	Simmons, N.B. and A.L. Cirranello. 2022B. Bat Species of the World: A taxonomic and geographic database. Accessed on 10/11/2022.	Vespertilionidae	Nyctophilus geoffroyi	Nyctophilus		geoffroyi	Leach	1821	0	Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond.	0.5958	Lesser Long-eared Bat	 australis Peters, 1861; leachii Dobson, 1878; novaehollandiae Gray, 1831; <b>pacificus</b> Gray, 1831; geayi Troussart, 1915; unicolor Tomes, 1858; <b> pallescens </b> Thomas, 1913.	Australia, Western Australia, King George Sound.	Australia (except NE) including Tasmania.	Not listed.	Least Concern	 geoffroyi species group. Reviewed in part by Kitchener et al. (1991 d ). The three subspecies are poorly defined.	Mammal Diversity Database. (2023). Mammal Diversity Database (Version 1.11) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7830771 released 15 April 2023	Nyctophilus geoffroyi	23	Lesser Long-eared Bat		Theria	Placentalia	Boreoeutheria	Laurasiatheria	CHIROPTERA	VESPERTILIONIFORMES	NA	NA	VESPERTILIONOIDEA	VESPERTILIONIDAE	VESPERTILIONINAE	VESPERTILIONINI	Nyctophilus	NA	geoffroyi	Leach	1821	0						type locality not given.			geoffroyi Leach, 1821|novaehollandiae (J. E. Gray, 1831)|pacificus (J. E. Gray, 1831)|unicolor Tomes, 1858|australis W. Peters, 1860|leachii Dobson, 1878|pallescens O. Thomas, 1913|geayi Trouessart, 1915	NA	NA	Australia	Oceania	Australasia/Oceania	LC	0	0	0	Nyctophilus_geoffroyi	0	sciname match	Nyctophilus_geoffroyi	0	IUCN. 2022. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2022-1. https://www.iucnredlist.org. Accessed on [28 September, 2022].	15003	Nyctophilus geoffroyi	ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	MAMMALIA	CHIROPTERA	VESPERTILIONIDAE	Nyctophilus	geoffroyi	Leach, 1821		200000000	Nyctophilus geoffroyi	Least Concern		2021	2019-06-30 00:00:00 UTC	3.1	English	Listed as Least Concern in view of its wide distribution, use of a broad range of habitats, large population size, and because it is not believed to be declining.	It is present in a wide range of habitats being found in semi-arid areas, mallee, woodland, wet forest, alpine areas, savanna woodland, tropical forest, and rural and urban areas (Lumsden and Turbill 2008). Animals roost in cavities and crevices in trees, underneath the bark of trees, or in roofs of houses with a high level of consistency in roost choice throughout their range (Lumsden and Bennett 2006). Maternity roosts are typically in narrow cracks in large dead trees (Lumsden et al. 2002a). Females typically give birth to twins in late spring, and females breed in the first year of their life. The flight pattern is slow and manoeuvrable with prey caught by both aerial hawking and gleaning. Despite this slow flight pattern, individuals have been recorded foraging up to 12 km from roosting sites (Lumsden et al. 2002b). Diet consists primarily of moths, crickets, grasshoppers and beetles (Lumsden and Turbill 2008).	This species is largely dependent on trees for both roosting and foraging, and so it is susceptible to habitat loss and degradation due to ongoing tree decline, especially in rural and urban environments (Lumsden and Turbill 2008). Predation from feral and domestic cats is also a threat.	This is a very common species over much of its range. Colonies may contain 200 animals, but most are found in roosts of less than 30 individuals or as solitary individuals (Lumsden and Turbill 2008). The population is currently assumed to be relatively stable as there is no evidence of a decline, although there are no long-term monitoring programs to confirm this.	Stable	This species is present over most of Australia (including Tasmania). It was previously thought to be absent from the far north-east of the country, however, individuals have recently been captured in the north-west of Cape York Peninsula. It is known from sea level to 2,140 m asl (NSW Environment and Heritage 2019), but is more common at lower altitudes (Lumsden and Bennett 1995).		Terrestrial	This species is known to occur in many protected areas.	Australasian		FALSE	FALSE	Global	Simmons, N. B., & Cirranello, A. L. (2023). Batnames.org Species List Version 1.4 (1.4). Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8136157 	Vespertilionidae	Nyctophilus		geoffroyi	Leach	1821	0	Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond.	0.595833	Lesser Long-eared Bat	 australis Peters, 1861; leachii Dobson, 1878; novaehollandiae Gray, 1831; <b>pacificus</b> Gray, 1831; geayi Troussart, 1915; unicolor Tomes, 1858; <b> pallescens </b> Thomas, 1913.	Australia, Western Australia, King George Sound.	Australia (except NE) including Tasmania.	Not listed.	Least Concern	 geoffroyi species group. Reviewed in part by Kitchener et al. (1991 d ). The three subspecies are poorly defined.	Nyctophilus geoffroyi	1005757	23	Lesser Long-eared Bat		Theria	Placentalia	Boreoeutheria	Laurasiatheria	CHIROPTERA	VESPERTILIONIFORMES	NA	NA	VESPERTILIONOIDEA	Vespertilionidae	VESPERTILIONINAE	VESPERTILIONINI	Nyctophilus	NA	geoffroyi	Leach	1821	0						type locality not given.			geoffroyi Leach, 1821|novaehollandiae (J. E. Gray, 1831)|pacificus (J. E. Gray, 1831)|unicolor Tomes, 1858|australis W. Peters, 1860|leachii Dobson, 1878|pallescens O. Thomas, 1913|geayi Trouessart, 1915	NA	NA				Australia	Oceania	Australasia/Oceania	LC	0	0	0	Nyctophilus_geoffroyi	0	sciname match	Nyctophilus_geoffroyi	0	Burgin, C. J., Zijlstra, J. S., Becker, M. A., Handika, H., Alston, J. M., Widness, J., Liphardt, S., Huckaby, D. G., and Upham, N. S. (2025). How many mammal species are there now? Updates and trends in taxonomic, nomenclatural, and geographic knowledge. Journal of Mammalogy in revision: TBD. https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.02.27.640393	Nyctophilus_geoffroyi	1005757	23	Lesser Long-eared Bat		Theria	Placentalia	Boreoeutheria	Laurasiatheria	Chiroptera	Yangochiroptera	NA	NA	Vespertilionoidea	Vespertilionidae	Vespertilioninae	Vespertilionini	Nyctophilus	NA	geoffroyi	Leach	0	Nyctophilus Geoffroyi	Leach, W.E. 1821-06-21. The characters of seven genera of bats with foliaceous appendages to the nose. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 13(1):73-82.	https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/754806	RMNH.MAM.17985	holotype	https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.17985.a | https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.17985.b	type locality not given.			NA	NA				Australia	Oceania (Continent)	Australasia	LC	0	0	0	Nyctophilus_geoffroyi	0	sciname match	Nyctophilus_geoffroyi	0	Simmons, N. B., & Cirranello, A. L. (2025). Batnames.org Species List Version 1.7 (1.7). Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14796586	Vespertilionidae	Nyctophilus		geoffroyi	Leach	1821	0	Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond.	0.595833	Lesser Long-eared Bat	australis Peters, 1861; leachii Dobson, 1878; novaehollandiae Gray, 1831; pacificus Gray, 1831; geayi Troussart, 1915; unicolor Tomes, 1858; pallescens Thomas, 1913.	Australia, Western Australia, King George Sound.	Australia (except NE) including Tasmania.	<a href='https://cites.org/eng/app/appendices.php' target='_blank'>Not Listed</a>	<a href='https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/15003/209533561/' target='_blank'>Least Concern</a>	geoffroyispecies group. Reviewed in part by Kitchener et al. (1991d). The three subspecies are poorly defined.		Mammal Diversity Database. (2025). Mammal Diversity Database (Version 2.2) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15007505	NA	Nyctophilus geoffroyi; Nyctophilus geoffroyi; Nyctophilus geoffroyi; Nyctophilus geoffroyi; Nyctophilus geoffroyi; Nyctophilus geoffroyi; geoffroyi; pacificus; pallescens; australis; leachii; novaehollandiae; pacificus - geayi; unicolor; geoffroyi; pacificus; pallescens; pacificus; pallescens; australis; leachii; novaehollandiae; pacificus - geayi; unicolor; geoffroyi; novaehollandiae; pacificus; unicolor; australis; leachii; pallescens; geayi; Nyctophile de Geoffroy; Geoffroy-Langohrfledermaus; Nictofila de Geoffroy; Lesser Long-eared Bat; Lesser Long-eared Bat; Lesser Long-eared Bat; N. geoffroyi