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• Gray, J.E. 1829. An attempt to improve the natural arrangement of the genera of bat, from actual examination; with some observations on the development of their wings. Philosophical Magazine London ns 6: 28-36
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• Gray, J.E. 1844. Beasts. pls18-22, 25-29 in Richardson, J. & Gray, J.E. (1844–1875). (eds). The Zoology of the Voyage of H.M.S. Erebus & Terror, under the Command of Captain Sir James Clark Ross, R.N., F.R.S., during the years 1839 to 1843. Mammalia, birds. London : E.W. Janson Vol. 1. [plate 21, 28 and 29, three of ten Beasts plates (18–22, 25–29) that illustrate Gray, J.E. 1875. Miscellanea. pp. 12a–12d in Richardson, J. & Gray, J.E. (1844–1875) (eds). The Zoology of the Voyage of H.M.S. Erebus & Terror, under the Command of Captain Sir James Clark Ross, R.N., F.R.S., during the years 1839 to 1843. Mammalia, birds. London : E.W. Janson Vol. 1; the plates do not have a date printed on them; Tomes, R.F. 1857. On the species of bats inhabiting New Zealand. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1857: 134–142 pls 53–54 [138], Dobson, G.E. 1975. On the genus Scotophilus, with description of a new genus and species allied thereto. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1875: 368–373 [372] and Tate, G.H.H. 1941. Results of the Archbold Expeditions. No. 40 Notes on vespertilionid bats of the subfamilies Miniopterinae, Murininae, Kerivoulinae, and Nyctophilinae. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 78: 567–597 [595] record the date of Beasts plates 20 (Dobson), 21 (Tate) and 22 (Tomes) as 1844; in contrast to Tomes op. cit., Dobson op. cit. and Tate op. cit., Thomas, O. 1888. Catalogue of the Marsupialia and Monotremata in the Collection of the British Museum (Natural History). London : British Museum xiii 401 pp. 28 pls [3 Nov. 1888] [277] writes that the Beasts plates were prepared in 1845, but although they were seen privately and quoted by several authors long before, their 'real publication' only took place in 1875; Saunders, J. 1875. List of the Books, Memoirs, and Miscellaneous Papers by Dr. John Edward Gray, F.R.S. with a few Historical Notes. London : Taylor & Francis (Printers) 58 pp. [19] records Gray's work no. 278 as 'Figures of new species of Australian Mammalia. Zool. Ereb. and Terror, 1844, 4 to.' and on the basis of this information the publication date of Beasts plate 21, 28 and 29 is taken by Mahoney, J.A. in Walton, D.W. (ed.) 1988. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 5 Mammalia. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service x 274 pp. [155, 169], as 1844; early authors who cite Beasts plates include Gunn, R.C. 1852. A list of the mammals indigenous to Tasmania. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of. Van Diemen's Land 2: 77–90 [Beasts plates 19, 21, 25 cited on pp. 78, 82], Gould, J. 1858. The Mammals of Australia. Pt 10. London : J. Gould (Beasts plate 20 cited on unnumbered page of text entitled Scotophilus greyi, Gray. Grey's Scotophilus.) and Peters, W. 1861. Über die Chiropterengattung Nyctophilus. Phys. Abh. K. Akad. Wiss. Berl. 1860: 123–137 1 pl. (Beasts plate 21 cited on p. 125); Saunders, J. op. cit., p. 1 states that the List of the Books, Memoirs, and Miscellaneous Papers by Dr. John Edward Grey was commenced by Gray himself in the latter part of 1871 and the papers which he (Saunders) added were those published in 1874–75; Gray died on 7th March, 1875; Gould's collector in Western Australia in 1843 was J. Gilbert; a label attached to the skin of the holotype has the date 20th March, 1843 inscribed on it and this is three days later than the date that Whittell, H.M. 1942. A review of the work of John Gilbert in Western Australia. Part III. Emu 41: 289–305 [295] gives for Gilbert's return to Fremantle from Houtman Abrolhos, W. Australia]
• Green, R.H. 1966. Notes on lesser long-eared bat Nyctophilus geoffroyi in Northern Tasmania. Records of the Queen Victoria Museum, Launceston ns 22: 1-4 pls 1-4
• Guppy, A. & Coles, R.B. 1988. Acoustical and neural aspects of hearing in the Australian gleaning bats, Macroderma gigas and Nyctophilus gouldi. Journal of Comparative Physiology. A. Sensory, Neural and Behavioral Physiology 162: 653-668
• Hosken, D.J. 1996. Roost selection by the lesser long eared bat, Nyctophilus geoffroyi, and the greater long eared bat, N. major (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) in banksia woodland. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 79: 211-216
• Hosken, D.J. 1997. Reproduction and the female reproductive cycle of Nyctophilus geoffroyi and N. major. Australian Journal of Zoology 45: 489-504
• Hosken, D.J. 1998. Sperm fertility and skewed paternity during sperm competition in the Australian long-eared bat Nyctophilus geoffroyi (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae). Journal of Zoology, London 245: 93-100
• Hosken, D.J., Bailey, W.J., O'Shea, J.E. & Roberts, J.D. 1994. Localisation of insect calls by the bat Nyctophilus geoffroyi (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae): a laboratory study. Australian Journal of Zoology 42: 177-184
• Hosken, D.J., Blackberry, M.A., Stewart, T.B. & Stucki, A.F. 1998. The male reproductive cycle of three species of Australian vespertilionid bat. Journal of Zoology, London 245: 261-270
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• Leach, W.E. 1821. The characters of seven genera of bats with foliaceous appendages to the nose. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 13: 73-82 pl. 7 [publication date established from Raphael, S. 1970. The publication dates of the Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, Series 1, 1791–1875. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society of London 2: 61–76 [75]]
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• Maddock, T.H. 1972. The Lesser Long-eared Bat, Nyctophilus geoffroyi Leach, cave-dweller or occasional visitor. South Australian Naturalist 46: 63-64
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