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Species Taphozous troughtoni Tate, 1952

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Species Taphozous troughtoni Tate, 1952

Troughton's Sheathtail-bat

  • Taphozous troughtoni Tate, G.H.H. 1952. Results of the Archbold Expeditions. No. 66 Mammals of Cape York Peninsula with notes on the occurrence of rain forest in Queensland. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 98: 563-616 [607].
    Type data:
     Holotype AMNH 162708 ♀ skin & skull, Rifle Creek, 10 miles E of Mount Isa, NW Queensland.
    Type locality references:
    Goodwin, G.G. 1953. Catalogue of the type specimens of recent mammals in the American Museum of Natural History. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 102: 207-411 [242].

 

Distribution

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IBRA

Qld: Mount Isa Inlier (MII)

Ecological Descriptors

Volant.

 

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

 

Common Name References

ABRS 2001. Census of Australian Vertebrates. Australian Biological Resources Study (Troughton's Sheathtail-bat)