PhD students 'thrilled' to rediscover mammal missing for 124 years

Mongabay
By Jeremy HanceJun 11, 2014, 9:58 am46 pts
In 1890 Lamberto Loria collected 45 specimens—all female—of a small bat from the wilds of Papua New Guinea. Nearly 25 years later, in 1914, the species was finally described and named by British zoologist Oldfield Thomas, who dubbed it the New Guinea big-eared bat (Pharotis imogene) after its massive ears.…

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