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Species Mormopterus norfolkensis (J.E. Gray, 1839)

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Species Mormopterus norfolkensis (J.E. Gray, 1839)

Eastern Freetail-bat, Eastern Little Mastiff-bat

  • Molossus norfolkensis Gray, J.E. 1839. Descriptions of some Mammalia discovered in Cuba by W.S. MacLeay, Esq. With some account of their habits, extracted from Mr. MacLeay's notes. Annals of Natural History 4: 1-7 pl. 1 [7].
    Type data:
     Syntype(s) BMNH 38.10.11.56 skin & skull, Norfolk Is., see BMNH Register.
  • Molossus wilcoxii Krefft, G. 1873. The bat tribe-(continued). The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser Vol. 16 No. 700 29th Nov. 1873. p. 694 cols 1-2 pp. [694].
    Type data:
     Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown (not found in AM), region extending from Clarence River, NSW to Rockhampton, QLD.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

  • Hill, J.E. 1961. Indo-Australian bats of the genus Tadarida. Mammalia 25: 29-56 [44]

 

Generic Combinations

  • Tadarida norfolkensis (J.E. Gray, 1839).
  • Nyctinomus norfolkensis (J.E. Gray, 1839).
  • Micronomus norfolkensis (J.E. Gray, 1839).

 

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Entirely coastal, in temperate rain forest from about Sydney to Brisbane.


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

NSW, Qld: NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • New South Wales: SE coastal
    • Queensland: NE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Coastal, predator, tree hole, under bark, woodland.

 

General References

Allison, F.R. & Hoye, G.A. 1995. Eastern Freetail-bat Mormopterus norfolkensis. pp. 484-485 in Strahan, R. (ed.). The Mammals of Australia: The National Photographic Index of Australian Wildlife. Sydney : Reed New Holland 756 pp.

Freeman, P.W. 1981. A multivariate study of the family Molossidae (Mammalia, Chiroptera): morphology, ecology, evolution. Fieldiana Zoology ns 7: i-viii 1-173

Koopman, K.F. 1984. Taxonomic and distributional notes on tropical Australian bats. American Museum Novitates 2778: 1-48

Law, B.S., Chidel, M. & Turner, G. 2000. The use by wildlife of paddock trees in farmland. Pacific Conservation Biology 6: 130-143

McKean, J.L. & Hamilton-Smith, E. 1967. Litter size and maternity sites in Australian bats (Chiroptera). Victorian Naturalist 84: 203-206

Oliveira, M.C. de 1998. Towards standardized descriptions of the echolocation calls of microchiropteran bats: pulse design terminology for seventeen species from Queensland. The Australian Zoologist 30: 405-411

Peters, W. 1881. Über die Chiropterengattung Mormopterus und die dahin gehörigen Arten. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1881: 482-485 1 pl

Reardon, T., Adams, M., McKenzie, N. & Jenkins, P. 2008. A new species of Australian freetail bat Mormopterus eleryi sp. nov. (Chiroptera: Molossidae) and a taxonomic reappraisal of M. norfolkensis (Gray). Zootaxa 1875: 1-31 [22] (re-described)

 

Common Name References

ABRS 2001. Census of Australian Vertebrates. Australian Biological Resources Study (Eastern Little Mastiff-bat)

Clayton, M., Wombey, J.C., Mason, I.J., Chesser, R.T. & Wells, A. 2006. CSIRO List of Australian Vertebrates: A Reference with Conservation Status. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing iv 162 pp. [110] (Eastern Freetail-bat)