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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER CHIROPTERA
--> FAMILY Emballonuridae
--> SUBFAMILY Taphozoinae
--> GENUS Taphozous
--> SUBGENUS Taphozous
SPECIES Taphozous (Taphozous) australis
| Author: | Gould, 1854. | | Citation: | Mamm. Aust.: 3. | | Common Name: | Coastal Tomb Bat | | Type Locality: | Australia, Queensland, Albany Isl (off Cape York). | | Distribution: | N Queensland (Australia), Torres Strait Isls, SE New Guinea. | | Status: | IUCN 2003 and IUCN/SSC Action Plan (2001) – Lower Risk (nt). | | Comments: | Subgenus Taphozous. Includes fumosus; see Troughton (1925) and Chimimba and Kitchener (1991). Tate (1952) included georgianus in this species, but see McKean and Price (1967) and Chimimba and Kitchener (1991). Also see Flannery (1995a) and Bonaccorso (1998). |
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