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Species profile—Scoteanax rueppellii (greater broad-nosed bat)

Classification

Animalia (animals) → Mammalia (mammals) → Vespertilionidae (Vespertilionid Bats) → Scoteanax rueppellii (greater broad-nosed bat)

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Species details

Kingdom
Animalia (animals)
Class
Mammalia (mammals)
Family
Vespertilionidae (Vespertilionid Bats)
Scientific name
Scoteanax rueppellii (Peters, 1866)
Common name
greater broad-nosed bat
Type reference
Peters, W. (1866) Uber einige neue order weniger bekannte Flederthiere. Mber. K. Preuss. Akad. Woss. Berl. 1866:16-25.
WildNet taxon ID
943
Synonym(s)
Nycticeius rueppellii
Scoteinus rueppellii
Alternate name(s)
Ruppell's broad-nosed bat
greater broadnosed 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=943.

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
8 March 2022