Subspecies Syconycteris australis australis Peters, 1867
- Macroglossus minimus var. australis Peters, W. 1867. Herpetologische Notizen. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1867: 13-37 [13].
Type data:
Holotype ZMB 3292 ♂ skin (wet) & skull, Rockhampton, QLD.
Generic Combinations
- Syconycteris australis (Peters, 1867). —
Andersen, K. 1911. Six new fruit-bats of the genera Macroglossus and Syconycteris. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 8 7: 641-643 [642] (new combination in raising Syconycteris to genus level)
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Cape York, QLD, south to about Forster, NSW; New Guinea
IBRA
NSW, Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)
Ecological Descriptors
Closed forest, coastal, mellivore, subtropical.
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12-Dec-2022 | CHIROPTERA | 12-Dec-2022 | MOVED | |
| CHIROPTERA | 31-May-2022 | ADDED |