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Species profile—Austronomus australis (white-striped freetail bat)

Classification

Animalia (animals) → Mammalia (mammals) → Molossidae (freetail-bats) → Austronomus australis (white-striped freetail bat)

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Species details

Kingdom
Animalia (animals)
Class
Mammalia (mammals)
Family
Molossidae (freetail-bats)
Scientific name
Austronomus australis (Gray, 1838)
Common name
white-striped freetail bat
Type reference
Gray, J.E.(1838) A revision of the genera of bats(Vespertilionidae), and the description of some new genera and species. Mag.Zool.Bot.2:483-505.
WildNet taxon ID
989
Synonym(s)
Tadarida australis
Molossus australis
Nyctinomus albidus
Nyctinomus australis
Alternate name(s)
white-striped bat
white-striped free-tailed bat
white-striped mastiff-bat
white-striped scurrying bat
Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
Least concern
Conservation significant
No
Endemicity
Native
Pest status
Nil
Species environment
Terrestrial

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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=989.

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