Species Taphozous georgianus Thomas, 1915
Common Sheathtail-bat
- Taphozous australis georgianus Thomas, O. 1915. Scientific results from the mammal survey. No. XI K.— Notes on Taphozous and Saccolaimus. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 24: 57-63 [62].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 44.2.27.59 ♀ skin (wet) & skull, King George Sound, WA.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- McKean, J.L. & Price, W.J. 1967. Notes on some Chiroptera from Queensland, Australia. Mammalia 31: 101-119 [104]
Generic Combinations
- Saccolaimus georgianus (Thomas, 1915).
Distribution
IBRA
NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Central Arnhem (CA), Carnarvon (CAR), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gascoyne (GAS), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Northern Kimberley (NK), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)
Ecological Descriptors
Caves, predator, volant.
Extra Ecological Information
Roosts also include rock fissures and abandoned mines, feeding preference for Coleoptera, solitary or small aggregations, insectivorous.
General References
Chimimba, C.T. & Kitchener, D.J. 1991. A systematic revision of Australian Emballonuridae (Mammalia: Chiroptera). Records of the Western Australian Museum 15: 203-265
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
Jolly, S. 1988. Vaginal smears and the reproductive cycle of the common sheath-tail bat, Taphozous georgianus (Chiroptera: Emballonuridae). Australian Mammalogy 11: 75-76
Jolly, S. 1990. The biology of the common sheath-tail bat, Taphozous georgianus (Chiroptera: Emballonuridae) in central Queensland. Australian Journal of Zoology 38: 65-77
Jolly, S. 1995. Common Sheathtail-bat Taphozous georgianus. pp. 472-474 in Strahan, R. (ed.). The Mammals of Australia: The National Photographic Index of Australian Wildlife. Sydney : Reed New Holland 756 pp.
Jolly, S.A. 1989. A comparison of two banding methods in the common sheath-tailed bat, Taphozous georgianus. Macroderma 4: 64-66
Jolly, S.E. & Blackshaw, A.W. 1987. Prolonged epididymal storage, and the temporal dissociation of testicular and accessory gland activity in the common sheath-tailed bat, Taphozous georgianus, of tropical Australia. Journal of Reproduction and Fertility 81: 205-211
Kitchener, D.J. 1973. Reproduction in the common sheath-tailed bat, Taphozous georgianus (Thomas) (Microchiroptera: Emballonuridae), in Western Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology 21: 375-389
Koopman, K.F. 1984. Taxonomic and distributional notes on tropical Australian bats. American Museum Novitates 2778: 1-48
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
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 (Common Sheathtail-bat)