Species profile—Mormopterus eleryi (bristle-faced free-tailed bat)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Mammalia (mammals) → Molossidae (freetail-bats) → Mormopterus eleryi (bristle-faced free-tailed bat)
Sighting data
Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Mammalia (mammals)
- Family
- Molossidae (freetail-bats)
- Scientific name
- Mormopterus eleryi Reardon & McKenzie, 2008
- Common name
- bristle-faced free-tailed bat
- Type reference
- 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: 1-31.
- WildNet taxon ID
- 22062
- Synonym(s)
- Mormopterus sp. 6
Setirostris eleryi - Alternate name(s)
- hairy nosed freetail bat
hairy rostrum freetail bat
hairy-lipped freetail bat
hairy rostrum mastiff 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=22062.
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
