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The Western Australian population might represent a distinct species with additional research. Monotypic.; [batnames2022]  gouldi species group. Koopman (1984 c , 1993, 1994) included bifax and daedalus in this species, but see Parnaby (1987, 2002 a, 2009).; [IUCN] There are two disjunct populations of Nyctophilus gouldi in Australia (eastern Australia and far south-west Western Australia), separated by over 2,000 km. The taxonomic distinctiveness of these two populations is being investigated.; [batnames2023]  gouldi species group. Koopman (1984 c , 1993, 1994) included bifax and daedalus in this species, but see Parnaby (1987, 2002 a, 2009).; [batnames2025_1.7] gouldispecies group. Koopman (1984c, 1993, 1994) included bifax and daedalus in this species, but see Parnaby (1987, 2002 a, 2009).						bifax, daedalus.	bifax, daedalus, gouldi							gouldi	There are two disjunct populations of Nyctophilus gouldi in Australia (eastern Australia and far south-west Western Australia), separated by over 2,000 km. The taxonomic distinctiveness of these two populations is being investigated.			gouldi 	gouldi 			gouldi Tomes, 1858|gouldii A. Murray, 1866 [incorrect subsequent spelling]					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 gouldi	Australia, Queensland, Moreton Bay.	Tomes	1858	Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1858:31.	Distribution: Ranging widely in coastal regions of eastern, northern, and western Australia, but apparently not Tasmania, also known from two localities in central New Guinea.		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	Gould's long-eared bat	W, E Australia; ref. 4.152	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.	Tomes	1858	Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1858:31.	Includes bifax; see Koopman (1984c:25-27); but see also Parnaby (1987).	N Northern Territory, N and E Queensland, N and W Western Australia, E New South Wales, and Victoria (Australia); New Guinea; the Tasmanian record appears to be erroneous.	Australia, Queensland, Moreton Bay.		TOMES	1858	Size fairly large (forearm length, 37-43 mm; condylobasal length, 14-17 mm). Noseleaves poorly developed. Band connecting ears fairly high. Teeth relatively large.	Distribution: Ranging widely in coastal regions of eastern, northern, and western Australia, but apparently not Tasmania, also known from two localities in central New Guinea.	Three subspecies are here recognized:	N. g. bifax (New Guinea, eastern Queensland, northeastern New South Wales), N. g. daedalus (northern Northern Territory, northern Western Australia), N. g. gouldi (eastern Queensland to Victoria). There may be more than one species in this complex.	131	species	N. gouldi	TOMES	1858	Nyctophilus	genus	Nyctophilus gouldi				Size fairly large (forearm length, 37-43 mm; condylobasal length, 14-17 mm). Noseleaves poorly developed. Band connecting ears fairly high. Teeth relatively large.	Three subspecies are here recognized:		4. N. gouldi TOMES 1858.	4	NA			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 gouldi	Nyctophilus		gouldi	Tomes		1858		Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond.	1858		31		Gould's Long-eared Bat	Australia, Queensland, Moreton Bay.	E Queensland, E New South Wales, Victoria, SE South Australia, SW Western Australia; a Tasmanian record appears to be erroneous (Koopman, 1993).	IUCN 2003 and IUCN/SSC Action Plan (2001) – Lower Risk (lc).		Koopman (1984c, 1993, 1994) included bifax and daedalus in this species, but see Parnaby (1987, 2002a).	4C3D87E8FFD66A69FF7C92CD16BCBC0D	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	803	zip:hash://sha256/ec5fd314a06aba1a7b0b72f23e54ac625ae272bd98f82f1d01f4c09627d9e8e0!/treatments-xml-main/data/4C/3D/87/4C3D87E8FFD66A69FF7C92CD16BCBC0D.xml	Nyctophilus gouldi	Vespertilionidae	Nyctophilus	gouldi	Tomes	1858	Nyctophile de Gould @fr | Gould-Langohrfledermaus @de | Nictofila de Gould @es	Nyctophilus gouldi Tomes, 1858 , Moreton Bay, Queensland , Australia . Nyctophilus gould : is in the gould: group, which also tentatively includes N. sherrin: and N. nebulosus , but this requires additional research. Pilbara specimens of N. daedalus might be a distinct species within the gouldi group based on morphology. The Western Australian population might represent a distinct species with additional research. Monotypic.	SW Western Australia , E & SE Queensland (including Fraser I), C & E New South Wales , Victoria , and SE South Australia , SW & E Australia . A specimen is known from Fiji , but this is suspected to represent the New Caledonian Long-eared Bat ( NV. nebulosus ) or a mislabeled specimen.	Head—body 44-52 mm, tail 39-41 mm, ear 24-3-30-1 mm, forearm 36-3—47-7 mm; weight 5-2-16-5 g. Individuals from the south seem to be much larger than individuals in the north. Gould’s L.ong-eared Bat has very large ears and unique simple noseleaf 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 slategray to grayish brown; venteris ashy gray. Rostrum,ears, and membranes are dark grayish brown. Rostrum is short and blunt, with ridge across muzzle over nostrils that is moderately developed with slight vertical 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 ofthick 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 penisis divided by longitudinal groove into two cylinders, with upper one projecting to give distinctly beak-like appearance. Baculum is 3-3-7 mm long, with moderately thick and short shaft that constricts to very narrow and more pointed tip in dorsal view, and base is bifurcated; in lateral view, baculum is curved downward at base, but shaftis straight to abruptly narrowed tip. Skull is robust butis relatively gracile and narrow compared with congeners; rostrum is relatively short and less massive than in major species group; tympanic bullae are moderately developed; and M? and lower molars are not reduced. Chromosomal complement has 2n = 44 and FN = 50.	Wet to semiarid habitats, including rainforests, wet and dry sclerophyll forests, Melaleuca ( Myrtaceae ) woodlands, waterways lined with river red gum ( Eucalyptus camaldulensis, Myrtaceae ), woodlands, and Acacia ( Fabaceae ) shrublands from sea level up to elevations of ¢. 1240 m (in Victoria ). Gould’s Long-eared Bat is confined to more humid, temperate regions in Western Australia . It seems to need dense understories in tall forests to establish roosts.	Gould’s Long-eared Bat is insectivorous and generally forages on the wing or by gleaning prey from foliage or the ground. Echolocation and active listening are used to detect prey, but they more readily use active listening, only really using echolocation for orientation in unfamiliar habitats. Use of active listening vs. echolocation counters evasive actions of sonar detecting flying insects by avoiding their detection as a whole—common adaptation of bats with large ears. This is not the case for insects on foliage or the ground that can be detected either by using specialized echolocation that allows it to detect details in the texture of their immediate surroundings (e.g. camouflaged moth on leaf) but is less useful in detecting speed and direction of flying prey. Gould’s LLong-eared Bats fly close to the ground when hunting and fly slowly in large circles, well below the canopy. Diets usually contain moths and beetles, but crickets,flies, cockroaches, ants, bugs, and spiders are also eaten.	Gould's L.ong-eared Bat breeds once a year and has 1-2 young in late spring or early summer; twinning rate is 50% in late October. Spermatogenesis begins in summer, and sperm is stored in the epididymides thereafter. Mating takes place largely in April when males and females are hibernating. Males arouse to mate with torpid females sporadically through winter until September. In September, hibernation follicle matures, and ovulation, fertilization, and implantation occur. Females most likely store sperm in their reproductive tract until then. An experimental group of females that was kept at 22°C in winter gave birth to young 67 days before wild individuals that were hibernating over winter did. Young are fully furred by four weeks of age and make their first attempts at flying with their mother at this time. Young are weaned at c.6 weeks of age and can be seen flying in January together with novice fliers presumably from the same colony, generally accompanied by an adult or two. Females reach sexual maturity at 7-9 months and males at 12-15 months.	Gould's LLong-eared Bats roost in tree hollows and fissures close to the ground by day and leave roosts around dusk to forage. They have also been recorded in roofs and possibly a cave in northern Queensland . In southern populations, they tend to hibernate in a torpid state in winter (April-September) for stretches of up to eleven days, living on fat stored during late summer and early autumn. They also enter torpor to various degrees during the day to save energy. Males in New South Wales switched between torpor and normothermic thermoregulation during the day based on temperature achieved in roosts by the sun (arousing at higher temperatures). These males appeared to gain an energetic advantage by roosting in poorly insulated and generally sun-exposed roosts. Call shape is steep FM sweep that cannot be easily distinguished from other longeared bats using typical recordings. Peak frequencies are 50-53 kHz (mean 51-8 kHz).	Gould’s L.ong-eared Bats roost in colonies that are typically sex-segregated, with females roosting in groups of 20 or more individuals and males roosting alone or in transient groups of less than six. They switch roosts often, generally between a set oftrees close to a creek line. Nightly foraging areas were no larger than 80 ha in a small remnant patch of forest in an urban matrix with artificial light, and individuals moved on average less than 300 m from their roosts each night. They used up to 100% of the remnant forest and almost never entered urban areas, indicating that urban areas might have restricted foraging range of these bats. At the population level, there are many females that are related to one another, suggesting low female dispersal and some sort of social bond among females.	Classified as Least Concern on The IUCN Red List. Gould’s Long-eared Bat is widespread and common throughoutits distribution. It might be threatened by forest thinning and habitat fragmentation from urbanization and agricultural expansion in some regions. It does not do well in urban environments, and artificial light might restrict foraging in urban/bushland matrixes.	Brigham, Francis & Hamdorf (1997) | Churchill (2008) | Churchill et al. (1984) | Ellis et al. (1989) | Fullard et al. (1991) | Fuller (2013) | Gee (1999) | Grant (1991) | Law, Turbill & Ford (2008) | Lunney etal. (1988) | Parnaby (1987 2002a, 2009) | Pennay et al. (2008) | Phillips & Inward (1985) | Threlfall et al. (2013a, 2013b) | Tidemann & Flavel (1987) | Turbill (2006b) | Volleth & Tidemann (1989) | Webala et al. (2010)	https://zenodo.org/record/6397942/files/figure.png	82. Gould’s Long-eared Bat Nyctophilus gouldi French: Nyctophile de Gould / German: Gould-Langohrfledermaus / Spanish: Nictofila de Gould Taxonomy. Nyctophilus gouldi Tomes, 1858 , Moreton Bay, Queensland , Australia . Nyctophilus gould : is in the gould: group, which also tentatively includes N. sherrin: and N. nebulosus , but this requires additional research. Pilbara specimens of N. daedalus might be a distinct species within the gouldi group based on morphology. The Western Australian population might represent a distinct species with additional research. Monotypic. Distribution. SW Western Australia , E & SE Queensland (including Fraser I), C & E New South Wales , Victoria , and SE South Australia , SW & E Australia . A specimen is known from Fiji , but this is suspected to represent the New Caledonian Long-eared Bat ( NV. nebulosus ) or a mislabeled specimen. Descriptive notes. Head—body 44-52 mm, tail 39-41 mm, ear 24-3-30-1 mm, forearm 36-3—47-7 mm; weight 5-2-16-5 g. Individuals from the south seem to be much larger than individuals in the north. Gould’s L.ong-eared Bat has very large ears and unique simple noseleaf 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 slategray to grayish brown; venteris ashy gray. Rostrum,ears, and membranes are dark grayish brown. Rostrum is short and blunt, with ridge across muzzle over nostrils that is moderately developed with slight vertical 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 ofthick 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 penisis divided by longitudinal groove into two cylinders, with upper one projecting to give distinctly beak-like appearance. Baculum is 3-3-7 mm long, with moderately thick and short shaft that constricts to very narrow and more pointed tip in dorsal view, and base is bifurcated; in lateral view, baculum is curved downward at base, but shaftis straight to abruptly narrowed tip. Skull is robust butis relatively gracile and narrow compared with congeners; rostrum is relatively short and less massive than in major species group; tympanic bullae are moderately developed; and M? and lower molars are not reduced. Chromosomal complement has 2n = 44 and FN = 50. Habitat. Wet to semiarid habitats, including rainforests, wet and dry sclerophyll forests, Melaleuca ( Myrtaceae ) woodlands, waterways lined with river red gum ( Eucalyptus camaldulensis, Myrtaceae ), woodlands, and Acacia ( Fabaceae ) shrublands from sea level up to elevations of ¢. 1240 m (in Victoria ). Gould’s Long-eared Bat is confined to more humid, temperate regions in Western Australia . It seems to need dense understories in tall forests to establish roosts. Food and Feeding. Gould’s Long-eared Bat is insectivorous and generally forages on the wing or by gleaning prey from foliage or the ground. Echolocation and active listening are used to detect prey, but they more readily use active listening, only really using echolocation for orientation in unfamiliar habitats. Use of active listening vs. echolocation counters evasive actions of sonar detecting flying insects by avoiding their detection as a whole—common adaptation of bats with large ears. This is not the case for insects on foliage or the ground that can be detected either by using specialized echolocation that allows it to detect details in the texture of their immediate surroundings (e.g. camouflaged moth on leaf) but is less useful in detecting speed and direction of flying prey. Gould’s LLong-eared Bats fly close to the ground when hunting and fly slowly in large circles, well below the canopy. Diets usually contain moths and beetles, but crickets,flies, cockroaches, ants, bugs, and spiders are also eaten. Breeding. Gould's L.ong-eared Bat breeds once a year and has 1-2 young in late spring or early summer; twinning rate is 50% in late October. Spermatogenesis begins in summer, and sperm is stored in the epididymides thereafter. Mating takes place largely in April when males and females are hibernating. Males arouse to mate with torpid females sporadically through winter until September. In September, hibernation follicle matures, and ovulation, fertilization, and implantation occur. Females most likely store sperm in their reproductive tract until then. An experimental group of females that was kept at 22°C in winter gave birth to young 67 days before wild individuals that were hibernating over winter did. Young are fully furred by four weeks of age and make their first attempts at flying with their mother at this time. Young are weaned at c.6 weeks of age and can be seen flying in January together with novice fliers presumably from the same colony, generally accompanied by an adult or two. Females reach sexual maturity at 7-9 months and males at 12-15 months. Activity patterns. Gould's LLong-eared Bats roost in tree hollows and fissures close to the ground by day and leave roosts around dusk to forage. They have also been recorded in roofs and possibly a cave in northern Queensland . In southern populations, they tend to hibernate in a torpid state in winter (April-September) for stretches of up to eleven days, living on fat stored during late summer and early autumn. They also enter torpor to various degrees during the day to save energy. Males in New South Wales switched between torpor and normothermic thermoregulation during the day based on temperature achieved in roosts by the sun (arousing at higher temperatures). These males appeared to gain an energetic advantage by roosting in poorly insulated and generally sun-exposed roosts. Call shape is steep FM sweep that cannot be easily distinguished from other longeared bats using typical recordings. Peak frequencies are 50-53 kHz (mean 51-8 kHz). Movements, Home range and Social organization. Gould’s L.ong-eared Bats roost in colonies that are typically sex-segregated, with females roosting in groups of 20 or more individuals and males roosting alone or in transient groups of less than six. They switch roosts often, generally between a set oftrees close to a creek line. Nightly foraging areas were no larger than 80 ha in a small remnant patch of forest in an urban matrix with artificial light, and individuals moved on average less than 300 m from their roosts each night. They used up to 100% of the remnant forest and almost never entered urban areas, indicating that urban areas might have restricted foraging range of these bats. At the population level, there are many females that are related to one another, suggesting low female dispersal and some sort of social bond among females. Status and Conservation. Classified as Least Concern on The IUCN Red List. Gould’s Long-eared Bat is widespread and common throughoutits distribution. It might be threatened by forest thinning and habitat fragmentation from urbanization and agricultural expansion in some regions. It does not do well in urban environments, and artificial light might restrict foraging in urban/bushland matrixes. Bibliography. Brigham, Francis & Hamdorf (1997), Churchill (2008), Churchill et al. (1984), Ellis et al. (1989), Fullard et al. (1991), Fuller (2013), Gee (1999), Grant (1991), Law, Turbill & Ford (2008), Lunney etal. (1988), Parnaby (1987 2002a, 2009), Pennay et al. (2008), Phillips & Inward (1985), Threlfall et al. (2013a, 2013b), Tidemann & Flavel (1987), Turbill (2006b), Volleth & Tidemann (1989), Webala et al. (2010).	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 gouldi	Nyctophilus		gouldi	Tomes	1858	0	Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond.	######	Gould's Long-eared Bat	None.	Australia, Queensland, Moreton Bay.	E Queensland, E New South Wales, Victoria, SE South Australia, SW Western Australia; a Tasmanian record appears to be erroneous (Koopman, 1993).	Not listed.	Least Concern	 gouldi species group. Koopman (1984 c , 1993, 1994) included bifax and daedalus in this species, but see Parnaby (1987, 2002 a, 2009).	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 gouldi	23	Gould's Long-eared Bat		Theria	Placentalia	Boreoeutheria	Laurasiatheria	CHIROPTERA	VESPERTILIONIFORMES	NA	NA	VESPERTILIONOIDEA	VESPERTILIONIDAE	VESPERTILIONINAE	VESPERTILIONINI	Nyctophilus	NA	gouldi	Tomes	1858	0						Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia.			gouldi Tomes, 1858	NA	NA	Australia	Oceania	Australasia/Oceania	LC	0	0	0	Nyctophilus_gouldi	0	sciname match	Nyctophilus_gouldi	0	IUCN. 2022. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2022-1. https://www.iucnredlist.org. Accessed on [28 September, 2022].	15004	Nyctophilus gouldi	ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	MAMMALIA	CHIROPTERA	VESPERTILIONIDAE	Nyctophilus	gouldi	Tomes, 1858	There are two disjunct populations of Nyctophilus gouldi in Australia (eastern Australia and far south-west Western Australia), separated by over 2,000 km. The taxonomic distinctiveness of these two populations is being investigated.	200000000	Nyctophilus gouldi	Least Concern		2021	2019-06-30 00:00:00 UTC	3.1	English	This species is listed as Least Concern in view of its wide distribution, occurrence in a number of protected areas, presumed large population, and because - although declining - it is unlikely to be declining fast enough to qualify for listing in a threatened category.	Nyctophilus gouldi is a small nocturnal insectivorous bat. It forages in sclerophyll forests and woodland, including forest remnants. Its broad wings allow a slow and manoeuvrable flight enabling it to forage in dense vegetation. This species roosts in tree holes, crevices, and in buildings. Maternity colonies typically consist of between 10 and 20 females, while males tend to be solitary. Females often give birth to twins (Law et al. 2008).	This species is dependent on trees for both roosting and foraging, and so it is susceptible to habitat loss and degradation due to the decline in large, hollow-bearing trees. In some areas, the loss of large old trees due to timber harvesting and thinning is a threat to this species (Lunney et al. 1988). Feral and domestic cats prey on this species.	It is a common species across its range (Law et al. 2008). It is widespread and commonly recorded in the eastern half on NSW but becoming less common on the plains, and is absent from the arid regions in the far west of NSW (Pennay et al. 2011). Overall, the population is currently assumed to be relatively stable, although there are no long term monitoring programs to confirm this.	Decreasing	This species is endemic to Australia. It is present in eastern Australia from south-eastern South Australia northwards through Victoria and eastern New South Wales to eastern Queensland. There is also a disjunct population in south-western Western Australia. It does not occur in Tasmania. The species is known from sea level to 1,240 m asl, in Victoria at least (Lumsden and Bennett 1995).		Terrestrial	This species is known to be present in a number of protected areas. Research is needed to determine the taxonomic status of populations in West Australia.	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		gouldi	Tomes	1858	0	Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond.	########	Gould's Long-eared Bat	None.	Australia, Queensland, Moreton Bay.	E Queensland, E New South Wales, Victoria, SE South Australia, SW Western Australia; a Tasmanian record appears to be erroneous (Koopman, 1993).	Not listed.	Least Concern	 gouldi species group. Koopman (1984 c , 1993, 1994) included bifax and daedalus in this species, but see Parnaby (1987, 2002 a, 2009).	Nyctophilus gouldi	1005758	23	Gould's Long-eared Bat		Theria	Placentalia	Boreoeutheria	Laurasiatheria	CHIROPTERA	VESPERTILIONIFORMES	NA	NA	VESPERTILIONOIDEA	Vespertilionidae	VESPERTILIONINAE	VESPERTILIONINI	Nyctophilus	NA	gouldi	Tomes	1858	0						Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia.			gouldi Tomes, 1858	NA	NA				Australia	Oceania	Australasia/Oceania	LC	0	0	0	Nyctophilus_gouldi	0	sciname match	Nyctophilus_gouldi	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_gouldi	1005758	23	Gould's Long-eared Bat		Theria	Placentalia	Boreoeutheria	Laurasiatheria	Chiroptera	Yangochiroptera	NA	NA	Vespertilionoidea	Vespertilionidae	Vespertilioninae	Vespertilionini	Nyctophilus	NA	gouldi	Tomes	0	Nyctophilus Gouldi	Tomes, R.F. 1858-03-09. A monograph of the genus _Nyctophilus_. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1858:25-37.	https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32271467	BMNH:Mamm:1907.1.1.339	holotype	https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/77696f0e-62de-4626-92fe-a84ed551b6e5	Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia.			NA	NA				Australia	Oceania (Continent)	Australasia	LC	0	0	0	Nyctophilus_gouldi	0	sciname match	Nyctophilus_gouldi	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		gouldi	Tomes	1858	0	Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond.	########	Gould's Long-eared Bat	None.	Australia, Queensland, Moreton Bay.	E Queensland, E New South Wales, Victoria, SE South Australia, SW Western Australia; a Tasmanian record appears to be erroneous (Koopman, 1993).	<a href='https://cites.org/eng/app/appendices.php' target='_blank'>Not Listed</a>	<a href='https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/218360733/218360491/' target='_blank'>Least Concern</a>	gouldispecies group. Koopman (1984c, 1993, 1994) included bifax and daedalus in this species, but see Parnaby (1987, 2002 a, 2009).		Mammal Diversity Database. (2025). Mammal Diversity Database (Version 2.2) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15007505	NA	Nyctophilus gouldi; Nyctophilus gouldi; Nyctophilus gouldi; Nyctophilus gouldi; Nyctophilus gouldi; Nyctophilus gouldi; gouldi; Nyctophile de Gould; Gould-Langohrfledermaus; Nictofila de Gould; Gould's Long-eared Bat; Gould's Long-eared Bat; Gould's Long-eared Bat; N. gouldi