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Species profile—Saccolaimus mixtus (Papuan sheathtail bat)

Classification

Animalia (animals) → Mammalia (mammals) → Emballonuridae (sheathtail-bats) → Saccolaimus mixtus (Papuan sheathtail bat)

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Species details

Kingdom
Animalia (animals)
Class
Mammalia (mammals)
Family
Emballonuridae (sheathtail-bats)
Scientific name
Saccolaimus mixtus Troughton, 1925
Common name
Papuan sheathtail bat
Type reference
Troughton, E.le G. (1925) A revision of the genera Taphozous and Saccolaimus (Chiroptera) in Australia and New Guinea, including a new species, and a note on two Malayan forms. Rec. Aust. Mus. 14:313-341.
WildNet taxon ID
1007
Synonym(s)
Taphozous mixtus
Alternate name(s)
New Guinea sheathtail-bat
Cape York sheath-tailed bat
allied freetail-bat
Troughton's sheathtail-bat
wing-pouched saccolaimus
Cape York sheathtail bat
Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
Least concern
Conservation significant
No
Endemicity
Native
Pest status
Nil

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Data source

This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0.
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=1007.

This information is sourced from the WildNet platform managed by the Queensland Department of Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation.

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Licence
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Last updated
9 December 2024