Species Taphozous kapalgensis McKean & Friend, 1979
Arnhem Sheathtail-bat, White-striped Sheathtail-bat
- Taphozous kapalgensis McKean, J.L. & Friend, G.R. 1979. Taphozous kapalgensis, a new species of sheath-tailed bat from the Northern Territory, Australia. Victorian Naturalist 96: 239-241 [239].
Type data:
Holotype ANWC CM4800 ♂ skin & skull, 'Kapalga', at the edge of the western flood plain of the South Alligator River, near Rookery Point, NT 12º32´S, 132º23´E.
Distribution
Extra Distribution Information
Known only from northern Arnhem Land.
IBRA
NT: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Pine Creek (PCK), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB)
Ecological Descriptors
Closed forest, predator, volant.
Extra Ecological Information
Roost arboreal*, forage above canopy, 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
Friend, G.R. & Braithwaite, R.W. 1986. Bat fauna of Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory. Australian Mammalogy 9: 43-52
McKean, J. & Thomson, B. 1995. Arnhem Sheathtail-bat Taphozous kapalgensis. pp. 476-477 in Strahan, R. (ed.). The Mammals of Australia: The National Photographic Index of Australian Wildlife. Sydney : Reed New Holland 756 pp.
Milne, D.J., Reardon, T.B. & Watt, F. 2003. New records for the Arnhem sheathtail bat Taphozous kapalgensis (Chiroptera: Emballonuridae) from voucher specimens and Anabat recordings. 32: 439-445
Common Name References
ABRS 2001. Census of Australian Vertebrates. Australian Biological Resources Study (White-striped Sheathtail-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. [109] (Arnhem Sheathtail-bat)