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List Of Bats Of Australia
This is the list of bats of Australia,Churchill, S. (2008) ''Australian bats'', Allen & Unwin, Sydney a sub-list of the list of mammals of Australia. About 75 bat species are known to occur in Australia, Lord Howe and Christmas Island.Menkhorst, P. and Knight, F. (2001) ''A Field Guide to the Mammals of Australia'', Oxford University Press, Melbourne This list principally follows the authoritative reference, Churchill (2008) List Black flying fox Pteropodidae * Bare-backed fruit bat, ''Dobsonia magna'' - Far North Queensland; the species range also includes New Guinea * Northern blossom bat, ''Macroglossus minimus'' - northern Australia and South-east Asia * Common blossom bat, ''Syconycteris australis'' - coastal eastern Australia; New Guinea and Indonesia * Northern tube-nosed bat, ''Nyctimene cephalotes'' - Moa Island in Torres Strait; New Guinea and Indonesia * Eastern tube-nosed bat, ''Nyctimene robinsoni'' - endemic to Australia, found on east coast * Black fly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Mammals Of Australia
A total of 379 species of mammals have been recorded in Australia and surrounding continental waters: 357 indigenous and 22 introduced. The list includes 2 monotremes, 154 marsupials, 76 bats, 69 rodents (5 introduced), 10 pinnipeds, 2 terrestrial carnivorans (1 recent introduction, and 1 prehistoric introduction), 13 introduced ungulates, 2 introduced lagomorphs, 44 cetaceans and 1 sirenian. The taxonomy and nomenclature used here generally follows Van Dyck and Strahan.Van Dyke, S. and Strahan, R. (eds.) (2008) ''The Mammals of Australia'', Third Edition, New Holland / Queensland Museum, Brisbane Lists of mammals of Australia * List of bats of Australia * List of marine mammals of Australia * List of monotremes and marsupials of Australia * List of placental mammals introduced to Australia * List of rodents of Australia Lists of mammals by Australian state or territory * List of mammals of New South Wales * List of mammals of South Australia * List of mammals of the Norther ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spectacled Flying Fox
The spectacled flying fox (''Pteropus conspicillatus''), also known as the spectacled fruit bat, is a megabat that lives in Australia's north-eastern regions of Queensland. It is also found in New Guinea and on the offshore islands including Woodlark Island, Alcester Island, Kiriwina, and Halmahera. The spectacled flying fox was listed as a threatened species under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999. They were considered vulnerable due to a significant decline in numbers as a result of loss of their prime feeding habitat and secluded camp sites. It has also been reported that spectacled flying foxes skim over the surface of water to drink and are sometimes eaten by crocodiles. The species was classified as endangered by the IUCN in 2020. In February 2019 the Australian government upgraded the threatened status from vulnerable to endangered, after almost a third of the bat population died in a severe heatwave in Queensland in late 2018. Descriptio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fawn Leaf-nosed Bat
The fawn leaf-nosed bat (''Hipposideros cervinus'') is a species of bat in the family Hipposideridae found in Australia, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines and Vanuatu. Taxonomy The species was first described by John Gould in his Mammals of Australia (1854), the author assigning it to the genus '' Rhinolophus'' with some hesitation. The specimens referred to by Gould and subsequent authors were obtained at Cape York peninsula and Albany Island (Pabaju) at the northeast of Australia. A taxonomic treatment in a new generic combination, as a subspecies of '' Hipposideros galeritus'', was published in a revision of the genus a century later by J. E. Hill, part of his extensive work on the systematics of the order Chiroptera. The species-complex of ''H. galeritus'' and other Australopapuan taxa of ''Hipposideros'' was again reviewed by Hill and Paulina D. Jenkins in 1981, attempting to resolve what emerged as polyphyletic descriptions. These authors published a new diagnosis of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dusky Leaf-nosed Bat
The dusky leaf-nosed bat (''Hipposideros ater'') is a bat from the genus ''Hipposideros'' whose habitat extends from India and Sri Lanka to the Philippines, New Guinea and Northern Australia. This species is counted in the '' H. bicolor'' species group and was formerly classified within that species. The genus name ''Hipposideros'' comes from the Greek words for "horse" (ἴππος) and "iron" (σίδηρος) and means "horseshoe"; a reference to the complex nose that species in this genus are known for. The generic designation ''ater'' is Latin for "black" and notes the relative dark color of this species's coat.Flannery, T.F. 1995. Mammals of the South-West Pacific & Moluccan Islands. Chatswood: Reed Books, 464 pp. Habitat and behavior In the Philippines this species is found in rainforests at sea level up to elevations of 1200 m. The animal rests in caves in both forests and agricultural areas. In Australia the species lives in both mangroves and rainforests in as well as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hipposideridae
The Hipposideridae are a family of bats commonly known as the Old World leaf-nosed bats. While it has often been seen as a subfamily, Hipposiderinae, of the family Rhinolophidae, it is now more generally classified as its own family.Simmons, 2005, p. 365 Nevertheless, it is most closely related to Rhinolophidae within the suborder Yinpterochiroptera. Taxonomy The Hipposideridae contain 10 living genera and more than 70 species, mostly in the widespread genus ''Hipposideros''. In addition, several fossil genera are known; the oldest fossils attributed to the family are from the middle Eocene of Europe. In their 1997 ''Classification of Mammals'', Malcolm C. McKenna and Susan K. Bell proposed a division of Hipposideridae (called Rhinonycterinae in their work) into three tribes, one with two subtribes, but these tribes turned out to be non- monophyletic and have been abandoned. A different classification was proposed by Hand and Kirsch in 2003. In 2009, Petr Benda and Peter Vallo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Large-eared Horseshoe Bat
The large-eared horseshoe bat (''Rhinolophus philippinensis'') is a species of bat in the family Rhinolophidae. It is found in Australia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, and the Philippines The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links=no), * bik, Republika kan Filipinas * ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas * cbk, República de Filipinas * hil, Republ .... References Rhinolophidae Bats of Oceania Bats of Southeast Asia Bats of Australia Bats of Indonesia Mammals of Papua New Guinea Mammals of Western New Guinea Mammals of the Philippines Mammals of Queensland Mammals described in 1843 Nature Conservation Act endangered biota Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Taxa named by George Robert Waterhouse Bats of New Guinea {{Rhinolophidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eastern Horseshoe Bat
The smaller horseshoe bat (''Rhinolophus megaphyllus'') is a species of bat in the family Rhinolophidae. It is found in Australia and Papua New Guinea. Taxonomy A species was first described by John Edward Gray in 1834, using a specimen provided by George Bennett that had been collected in a cave near the Murrimbidgee River. Noted as the ''megaphyllus''-species group, subsuming earlier taxa ranked as species and separating other these previously allied to the species complex. Five subspecies were recognised by '' Mammal Species of the World'' (Simmons, 2005) * ''Rhinolophus megaphyllus'' J. E. Gray 1834 :* ''Rhinolophus megaphyllus megaphyllus'' :* ''Rhinolophus megaphyllus fallax'' K. Andersen, 1906 :* ''Rhinolophus megaphyllus ignifer'' Allen, 1933 :* ''Rhinolophus megaphyllus monachus'' K. Andersen, 1905 :* ''Rhinolophus megaphyllus vandeuseni'' Koopman, 1982 The common names assigned to the species include the smaller and eastern horseshoe bat. Description ''Rhinolop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ghost Bat
The ghost bat (''Macroderma gigas'') is a species of bat found in northern Australia. The species is the only Australian bat that preys on large vertebrates – birds, reptiles and other mammals – which they detect using acute sight and hearing, combined with echolocation, while waiting in ambush at a perch. The wing membrane and bare skin is pale in colour, their fur is light or dark grey over the back and paler at the front. The species has a prominent and simple nose-leaf, their large ears are elongated and joined at lower half, and the eyes are also large and dark in colour. The first description of the species was published in 1880, its recorded range has significantly contracted since that time. Taxonomy A species of '' Macroderma'', one of several genera in the family Megadermatidae (false vampires). The family all have large eyes, a nose-leaf and tragus, long ears joined at the base, and are also found in southern Asia and central Africa. The description was published ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Megadermatidae
Megadermatidae, or false vampire bats, are a family of bats found from central Africa, eastwards through southern Asia, and into Australia. They are relatively large bats, ranging from 6.5 cm to 14 cm in head-body length. They have large eyes, very large ears and a prominent nose-leaf. They have a wide membrane between the hind legs, or uropatagium, but no tail. Many species are a drab brown in color, but some are white, bluish-grey or even olive-green, helping to camouflage them against their preferred roosting environments. They are primarily insectivorous, but will also eat a wide range of small vertebrates. Description False vampire bats are relatively large, with combined head and body lengths that range from . Their forearm lengths range from . They all lack tails. The ghost bat is the largest member of the family. All the species have very large ears with divided tragi. They have long nose-leaves. All species are similar in that they lack upper incisors, though ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Little Red Flying Fox
The little red flying-fox (''Pteropus scapulatus'') is a megachiropteran bat native to northern and eastern Australia. The species weighs about half a kilogram, one US pound, and is the smallest species of ''Pteropus'' in mainland Australia. ''P. scapulatus'' occurs at the coast and further inland, camping and flying to the tropical to temperate regions that provide them with an annual source of nectar. They exhibit an unusual method of obtaining drinking water during dry periods, skimming a stream's surface to gather it onto their fur while they are in flight. Taxonomy The first description was published by Wilhelm Peters in 1862, as a 'new species of ''flederhund'' from New Holland'. The type specimen was collected at Cape York peninsula. The population gives its name to the ''scapulatus'' species group', as recognised by authors in the late twentieth century. ''Pteropus scapulatus'' is well known and referred to by many names, these include the 'collared' flying-fox or fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grey-headed Flying Fox
The grey-headed flying fox (''Pteropus poliocephalus'') is a megabat native to Australia. The species shares mainland Australia with three other members of the genus ''Pteropus'': the little red ''Pteropus scapulatus, P. scapulatus'', spectacled ''Pteropus conspicillatus, P. conspicillatus'', and the black ''Pteropus alecto, P. alecto''. The grey-headed flying fox is the largest bat in Australia. The grey-headed flying fox is endemic to the south-eastern forested areas of Australia, principally east of the Great Dividing Range. Its range extends approximately from Bundaberg, Queensland, Bundaberg in Queensland to Geelong, Victoria, Geelong in Victoria (Australia), Victoria, with outlying colonies in Ingham, Queensland, Ingham and Finch Hatton, Queensland, Finch Hatton in the north, and in Adelaide, South Australia, Adelaide in the south. In the southern parts of its range it occupies more extreme latitudes than any other ''Pteropus'' species. As of 2021 the species is listed as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
