Taphozous australis

J. Gould, 1854

Coastal Sheath-tailed Bat

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Chiroptera
Suborder : Vespertilioniformes
Superfamily : Emballonuroidea
Family : Emballonuridae
Subfamily : Taphozoinae
Genus : Taphozous
Subgenus : Taphozous

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Gould, J. 1854. [Part vi]. Pl. I-13, I-14, I-34, I-36, I-37, I-38, I-40, II-14, II-15, II-63, II-67, II-69, III-13, III-32, III-34 in Gould, J. 1845-1863. Mammals of Australia. In three volumes. John Gould, London.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49706078

Original name as described

Taphozous australis

Other common names

Coastal Tomb Bat · Little Sheath-tailed Bat · Northeastern Sheath-tailed Bat · Southern Sheath-tailed Bat

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1855.11.7.10, BMNH:Mamm:1855.11.7.11

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/194d08ba-aa29-40a2-beb2-caf6e8948a57 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/4fd38349-c698-4911-ab4f-8c7b5ad39fa9

Type locality

"maritime caves in the sandstone cliffs of Albany Island, Cape York [Peninsula]," Queensland, Australia.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Papua New Guinea · Australia

IUCN Red List status

Near Threatened

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004818

Country distribution map

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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. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Taphozous australis

J. Gould, 1854

Family

Emballonuridae

Root name

australis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1855.11.7.10, BMNH:Mamm:1855.11.7.11

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/194d08ba-aa29-40a2-beb2-caf6e8948a57 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/4fd38349-c698-4911-ab4f-8c7b5ad39fa9

Authority page

pl. III-32

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49706078

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:45) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:132) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #21452) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #21452) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:354) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004818) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/21452/22112046) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Taphozous fumosus

De Vis, 1905

Family

Emballonuridae

Root name

fumosus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

QM (number not known)

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

37

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48070440

Authority publication

Annals of the Queensland Museum

Name usages

Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

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