Ozimops cobourgianus
(D. H. Johnson, 1959)
Northern Coastal Free-tailed Bat
Taxonomy
Subclass | : Theria |
Infraclass | : Placentalia |
Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
Superorder | : Laurasiatheria |
Order | : Chiroptera |
Suborder | : Vespertilioniformes |
Superfamily | : Vespertilionoidea |
Family | : Molossidae |
Subfamily | : Molossinae |
Genus | : Ozimops |
Species status
Authority citation
Johnson, D.H. 1959-11-04. Four new mammals from the Northern Territory of Australia. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 72:183-188.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34641964Original name as described
Tadarida loriae cobourgiana
Other common names
Mangrove Free-tailed Bat · Northwestern Freetail Bat · Western Little Free-tailed Bat
Type material
USNM:MAMM:284243
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/321ed80a9-976a-4e20-aa1e-9dd8e61efa6bType locality
"Black Rock Point (on north shore of Van Diemen Gulf, 15 miles [= 24 km] southeast of Cape Don lighthouse), Cobourg Peninsula, Northern Territory, Australia (lat. 11° 26' S, long. 131° 56' E)."
Biogeographic realm
Australasia
Country distribution
Australia
Taxonomy notes
split from O. loriae; moved from Mormopterus to Ozimops
Taxonomy notes citation
Reardon, T. B., McKenzie, N. L., Cooper, S. J. B., Appleton, B., Carthew, S., & Adams, M. (2014). A molecular and morphological investigation of species boundaries and phylogenetic relationships in Australian free-tailed bats Mormopterus (Chiroptera: Molossidae). Australian journal of zoology, 62(2), 109-136. · Jackson, S. M., & Groves, C. (2015). Taxonomy of Australian mammals. CSIRO Publishing, Austalia, Clayton.
IUCN Red List status
Least Concern
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