Species Taphozous hilli Kitchener, 1980
Hill's Sheathtail-bat
- Taphozous hilli Kitchener, D.J. 1980. Taphozous hilli sp. nov. (Chiroptera: Emballonuridae), a new sheath-tailed bat from Western Australia and Northern Territory. Records of the Western Australian Museum 8: 161-169 [162].
Type data:
Holotype WAM M18260 ♀ skin (wet) & skull, Marandoo mine site, 4.8 km 180º`from Mt Bruce (22º39´03˜S, 118º08´30˜E), Hamersley Range Natl Park (No. A30082), WA.
Distribution
IBRA
NT, SA, WA: Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Ranges (CR), Gascoyne (GAS), Gibson Desert (GD), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Stony Plains (STP), Sturt Plateau (STU), Tanami (TAN)
Ecological Descriptors
Caves, insectivorous, predator, volant.
Extra Ecological Information
Often found in roosts with T. georgianus, mines.
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
Jones, F.W. 1925. The Mammals of South Australia. Part III. The Monodelphia. Adelaide : Government Printer
Kitchener, D.J. 1976. Further observations on reproduction in the common sheath-tailed bat, Taphozous georgianus Thomas, 1915 in Western Australia, with notes on the gular pouch. Records of the Western Australian Museum 4: 335-347 (refers to T. hilli)
Kitchener, D.J. 1995. Hill's Sheathtail-bat Taphozous hilli. pp. 474-476 in Strahan, R. (ed.). The Mammals of Australia: The National Photographic Index of Australian Wildlife. Sydney : Reed New Holland 756 pp.
Common Name References
ABRS 2001. Census of Australian Vertebrates. Australian Biological Resources Study (Hill's Sheathtail-bat)