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Species profile—Taphozous troughtoni (Troughton's sheathtail bat)

Classification

Animalia (animals) → Mammalia (mammals) → Emballonuridae (sheathtail-bats) → Taphozous troughtoni (Troughton's sheathtail bat)

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Species details

Kingdom
Animalia (animals)
Class
Mammalia (mammals)
Family
Emballonuridae (sheathtail-bats)
Scientific name
Taphozous troughtoni Tate, 1952
Common name
Troughton's sheathtail bat
Type reference
Tate, G.H.H. (1952). Results of the Archibald Expeditions. No. 66 Mammals of Cape York Pennisula, with notes on the occurence of rain forest in Queensland. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 98: 563-616.
WildNet taxon ID
1013
Synonym(s)
Taphozous georgianus
Alternate name(s)
Troughton's sheath-tailed 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=1013.

This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.

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Licence
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Last updated
20 May 2024