Species Hipposideros ater Templeton, 1848
Dusky Leafnosed-bat
- Hipposideros ater Templeton, [?R.] 1848. in Blyth, E. Report of Curator Zoological Department. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 17: 247-255 [252].
Type data:
Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown, Colombo area, Sri Lanka (as old buildings about Colombo).
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Koopman, K.F. 1984. Taxonomic and distributional notes on tropical Australian bats. American Museum Novitates 2778: 1-48 [9-10]
Distribution
IBRA
NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Northern Kimberley (NK), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT) ; NT, WA: Dampierland (DL)
Ecological Descriptors
Caves, coastal, gregarious, insectivorous, predator, volant.
Extra Ecological Information
Forms nursery colonies, particularly noctuid moths.
General References
Bullen, R.D. & McKenzie, N.L. 2004. Bat flight-muscle mass: implications for foraging strategy. Australian Journal of Zoology 52: 605-622
Fenton, M.B. 1982. Echolocation calls and patterns of hunting and habitat use of bats (Microchiroptera) from Chillagoe, north Queensland. Australian Journal of Zoology 30: 417-425
Friend, G.R. & Braithwaite, R.W. 1986. Bat fauna of Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory. Australian Mammalogy 9: 43-52
Hill, J.E. 1963. A revision of the genus Hipposideros. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zool. 11: 1-129
Honacki, J.H., Kinman, K.E. & Koeppl, J.W. (eds) 1982. Mammal Species of the World: A taxonomic and geographic reference. Lawrence, Kansas : Allen Press & Assoc. Syst. Coll. ix 694 pp.
Jenkins, P.D. & Hill, J.E. 1981. The status of Hipposideros galeritus Cantor, 1846 and Hipposideros cervinus (Gould, 1854) (Chiroptera: Hipposideridae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zool. 41: 279-294
Kulzer, E., Nelson, J.E., McKean, J.L. & Möhres, F.P. 1970. Untersuchungen über die Temperaturregulation australischer Fledermäuse (Microchiroptera). Zeitschrift für Vergleichende Physiologie 69: 426-451
McKean, J.L. & Hamilton-Smith, E. 1967. Litter size and maternity sites in Australian bats (Chiroptera). Victorian Naturalist 84: 203-206
Pavey, C.R. & Burwell, C.J. 1995. Dusky Leafnosed-bat Hipposideros ater. pp. 455-456 in Strahan, R. (ed.). The Mammals of Australia: The National Photographic Index of Australian Wildlife. Sydney : Reed New Holland 756 pp.
Pavey, C.R. & Burwell, C.J. 1998. Bat predation on eared moths: a test of the allotonic frequency hypothesis. Oikos 81: 143-151
Pavey, C.R. & Burwell, C.J. 2000. Foraging ecology of three species of hipposiderid bats in tropical Australia. Wildlife Research 27: 283-287
Smith, J.D. & Hood, C.S. 1981. Preliminary notes on bats from the Bismarck Archipelago (Mammalia: Chiroptera). Science in New Guinea 8: 81-121
Stephan, H. & Nelson, J.E. 1981. Brains of Australian Chiroptera 1. Encephalization and macromorphology. Australian Journal of Zoology 29: 653-670
Stephan, H., Nelson, J.E. & Frahm, H.D. 1981. Brain size comparison in Chiroptera. Zeitschrift für Zoologische Systematik und Evolutionsforschung 19: 195-222
Vestjens, W.J.M. & Hall, L.S. 1977. Stomach contents of forty-two species of bats from the Australasian region. Australian Wildlife Research 4: 25-35
Common Name References
ABRS 2001. Census of Australian Vertebrates. Australian Biological Resources Study (Dusky Leafnosed-bat)