Species profile—Taphozous georgianus (common sheathtail bat)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Mammalia (mammals) → Emballonuridae (sheathtail-bats) → Taphozous georgianus (common sheathtail bat)
Sighting data
Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Mammalia (mammals)
- Family
- Emballonuridae (sheathtail-bats)
- Scientific name
- Taphozous georgianus Thomas, 1915
- Common name
- common sheathtail bat
- Type reference
- Thomas, O. (1915) Scientific results from the mammal survey. No. XI K.- Notes on Taphozous and Saccolaimus. J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 24:57-63.
- WildNet taxon ID
- 1011
- Synonym(s)
- Saccolaimus georgianus
Taphozous hilli - Alternate name(s)
- sharp-nosed bat
common sheath-tailed bat
unpouched freetail bat - Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
- Least concern
- Conservation significant
- No
- Endemicity
- Native
- Pest status
- Nil
Other resources
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=1011.
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
