Syconycteris australis

(W. C. H. Peters, 1867)

Southern Blossom Bat

Also as Common Blossom Bat|Eastern Blossom Bat.
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Location:Australia, QLD, Daintree National Park, Cape TribulationDate taken:Unknown

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Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Chiroptera
Suborder : Yinpterochiroptera
Superfamily : Pteropodoidea
Family : Pteropodidae
Subfamily : Macroglossusinae
Genus : Syconycteris

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Peters, W.C.H. 1867. Herpetologische notizen. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1867:13-37.

Original name as described

Macroglossus minimus var. australis

Other common names

Common Blossom Bat · Eastern Blossom Bat

Type material

ZMB 3292

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Indonesia · Papua New Guinea · Australia

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 25 names and synonyms.

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