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Figure 3. The live Pharotis imogene captured near Oio Village, taken July 2012 illustrating characteristic large ears and tragus (scale, 
forearm length = 39.6 mm, photo J. Broken-Brow). 
were determined using a 60CSx Garmin ® GPS. 
As part of a broader study of the impacts of selective 
rainforest logging on the mammal fauna of the Cloudy Bay 
Forestry Management Area, the bat component of field 
work was undertaken between 14 July and 5 August, and 
from 4-9 November 2012 (Hughes, 2014; and in prep.). 
One objective of the bat component of the fieldwork was 
to capture bats and to assemble a reference call library of 
the recorded calls of local microbat species. Recordings of 
echolocation calls were taken when bats were released to 
the wild. However, the main focus of the bat work was an 
ultrasonic census of the bat community to assess impacts 
of selective logging, and the preferred foraging habitats 
of the microbat species. Consequently, net and trap sites 
were located opportunistically and no attempt was made to 
systematically sample all habitats in the region. 
Mist nets and the harp trap were set along creek lines or 
logging skid (snig) tracks, which were little wider than the harp 
trap (Fig. 2). The bat trap was moved after two nights at each 
site, and the mist nets were moved after one night at each site. 
The Pharotis voucher specimen was preserved in 90% 
ethanol, without fixation in formalin and lodged with the 
National Museum and Art Gallery, Port Moresby, on 4 August 
2012 and assigned registration number 27464 in March 2014. 
The Pharotis specimen reported here was compared 
with Nyctophilus material from New Guinea and a Pharotis 
imogene specimen (M2561) in the Australian Museum 
mammal collection. Specimens of Nyctophilus microdon 
in the Australian National Wildlife Collection, Canberra 
(CM8525) and two specimens of N. microdon on loan to 
the Australian Museum from the American Museum of 
Natural History, New York (AMNH 12634-35) were also 
examined because the latter species is poorly represented in 
the Australian Museum collection. 
Results 
A total of 42 individuals of 10 species of bats were captured 
in 11 harp trap nights in July 2012. Few individuals were 
captured per species, except for the Lesser Blossom Bat 
Macroglossus minimus (Geoffroy, 1810), a pteropid, which 
accounted for two thirds of all individuals trapped (see Table 
1). Mist nets were set for a combined total of 13 nights in 
July, and nets were also set in November 2012, but, again, 
few bats were captured. A male Macroglossus minimus 
and a female Common Blossom Bat Syconycteris australis 
(Peters, 1867) were captured in July, but the only captures in 
November were a substantial number of Diadem Horseshoe- 
bats Hipposideros diadema (Geoffroy, 1813) (number of 
individuals not recorded). 
An adult female Pharotis sp. was captured in a harp trap 
set on a skid track (Fig. 2), by Catherine Hughes and Julie 
Broken-Brow on 25 July 2012. The capture site (10 o 07'39.5"S 
148°51'41.1"E) was c. 2.0 km SW of Oio Village, in the 
Cloudy Bay Forestry Management Area (Fig. 1). The site 
was in recently logged lowland rainforest. The animal was 
vouchered (PNGM27464, field number B008) and body 
measurements taken in the field were: forearm length 39.59 
