Setirostris eleryi

(Reardon & N. McKenzie in Reardon, M. Adams, N. McKenzie, & P. D. Jenkins, 2008)

Hairy-nosed Free-tailed Bat

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Chiroptera
Suborder : Vespertilioniformes
Superfamily : Vespertilionoidea
Family : Molossidae
Subfamily : Molossinae
Genus : Setirostris

Species status

Living
Found in the wild

Authority citation

Reardon, T.B., Adams, M., McKenzie, N. and Jenkins, P.D. 2008-09-12. A new species of Australian freetail bat _Mormopterus eleryi_ sp. nov. (Chiroptera: Molossidae) and a taxonomic reappraisal of _M. norfolkensis_ (Gray). Zootaxa 1875:1-31.

Authority publication link

https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1875.1.1

Original name as described

Mormopterus eleryi

Other common names

Bristle-faced Freetail Bat · Bristle-faced Free-tailed Bat · Hairy-nosed Freetail Bat · Hairy-rostrum Freetail Bat

Type material

SAMA M23519

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"1.1 km ESE of Eringa, South Australia 26.29184°S 134.739030°E [Australia], approximate elevation 240m."

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Australia

Taxonomy notes

recently described as a species of Mormopterus; moved from Mormopterus to the recently described Setirostris

Taxonomy notes citation

Reardon, T., Adams, M., McKenzie, N., & Jenkins, P. (2008). A new species of Australian freetail bat Mormopterus eleryi sp. nov.(Chiroptera: Molossidae) and a taxonomic reappraisal of M. norfolkensis (Gray). Zootaxa, 1875(1), 1-31. · 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

Near Threatened

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