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Species profile—Kerivoula papuensis (golden-tipped bat)

Classification

Animalia (animals) → Mammalia (mammals) → Vespertilionidae (Vespertilionid Bats) → Kerivoula papuensis (golden-tipped bat)

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Species details

Kingdom
Animalia (animals)
Class
Mammalia (mammals)
Family
Vespertilionidae (Vespertilionid Bats)
Scientific name
Kerivoula papuensis (Dobson, 1878)
Common name
golden-tipped bat
Type reference
Dobson, G.E. (1878) Catalogue of the Chiroptera in the collection of the British Museum xlii, 567 pp.
WildNet taxon ID
952
Synonym(s)
Phoniscus papuensis
Alternate name(s)
dome-headed bat
Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
Least concern
Conservation significant
No
Endemicity
Native
Pest status
Nil

Other resources

Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums (OZCAM)
Atlas of Living Australia

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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=952

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
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