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Species Mormopterus loriae (Thomas, 1897)

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Species Mormopterus loriae (Thomas, 1897)

Little Northern Freetail-bat

Distribution

Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.
IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)
drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IBRA

NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Arnhem (CA), Carnarvon (CAR), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gascoyne (GAS), Gibson Desert (GD), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Murchison (MUR), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tanami (TAN), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • Northern Territory: N Gulf, N coastal
    • Queensland: N Gulf, NE coastal
    • Western Australia: N coastal, NW coastal, W plateau

Details of nominate subspecies, not present in Australia

Nyctinomus loriae loriae Thomas, 1897

Nyctinomus loriae Thomas, O. (1897). On the mammals collected in British New Guinea by Dr. Lamberto Loria. Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. Giacomo Doria (2)18: 606-622 pl. 2 [609].
Type data: syntypes BMNH 97.8.7.30 ♀ skin & skull, MCG 44354 ♀ skin wet, skull not removed.
Type locality: Kamali, Papua New Guinea [ca 10º00'S 147º44'E].

 

Common Name References

ABRS 2001. Census of Australian Vertebrates. Australian Biological Resources Study (Little Northern Freetail-bat)