Scotorepens sanborni (Troughton 1937)

[Scoteinus] sanborni Troughton 1937, Aust. Zool., 8: 280.

Type Locality: Papua New Guinea, Milne Bay Prov., East Cape.

Vernacular Names: Northern Broad-nosed Bat.

Distribution: W Timor; SE New Guinea; NE Queensland, Northern Territory, and N Western Australia (Australia).

Conservation: IUCN 2003 and IUCN / SSC Action Plan (2001) – Lower Risk (lc) as Nycticeius sanborni .

Discussion: Included in balstoni by Koopman (1978 a), but see Kitchener and Caputi (1985). Reviewed by Kitchener et al. (1994 c); also see Flannery (1995 a, b) and Bonaccorso (1998).