Species profile—Taphozous australis (coastal sheathtail bat)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Mammalia (mammals) → Emballonuridae (sheathtail-bats) → Taphozous australis (coastal sheathtail bat)
Sighting data
Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Mammalia (mammals)
- Family
- Emballonuridae (sheathtail-bats)
- Scientific name
- Taphozous australis Gould, 1854
- Common name
- coastal sheathtail bat
- Type reference
- Gould, J. (1854) The Mammals of Australia. Pt. 6 London: J. Gould
- WildNet taxon ID
- 1010
- Synonym(s)
- Saccolaimus australis
Taphozous fumosus - Alternate name(s)
- northern sheathtail-bat
coastal sheath-tailed bat
north-eastern sheathtail bat
little sheathtail-bat
neck-pouched taphozous - Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
- Near threatened
- Conservation significant
- Yes
- Endemicity
- Native
- Pest status
- Nil
- Map
- View Map
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=1010.
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
