Species Chalinolobus picatus (Gould, 1852)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Scotophilus picatus Gould, J. 1852. The Mammals of Australia. London : J. Gould Part 4. [the date 1849 printed on the title page of Sturt, op. cit. is not the publication date of that work, see Mahoney, J.A. 1975. The identity and status of Thomas' 'lectotype' of Leporillus apicalis (Gould, 1853) [Rodentia: Muridae]. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 99: 101–104 [104]] [1 unnumbered page of text, 15th pl of Pt 4].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 53.10.22.33 ♀ skin & skull (the holotype was collected by the Sturt Expedition to Central Australia in 1844–1846; the location of Depôt Glen is given by Sturt, C. 1848. Narrative of an Expedition in Central Australia, Performed under the Authority of Her Majesty's Government, During the Year 1844, 5, and 6. Together with a notice of the Province of South Australia, in 1847. London : T. & W. Boone Vol. 1 x, iv pp. 5-416, 8 pls, Vol.2 vi 308 + 92 pp. 8 pls. [324] as 29º40'14"S, 141º29'41"E, but its correct location is 29º40'S, 141º47'E), Depôt Glen, Preservation Creek, about 13 km NW of Milparinka, (as the depôt), NSW [29°40‘S 141°47‘E].

Generic Combinations

• Chalinolobus picatus (Gould, 1852).

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Qld, SA, Vic: Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Channel Country (CHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), Riverina (RIV), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD)

Ecological Descriptors

Cave dweller, gregarious, predator, volant.

General References

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

Oliveira, M.C. de 1998. Towards standardized descriptions of the echolocation calls of microchiropteran bats: pulse design terminology for seventeen species from Queensland. The Australian Zoologist 30: 405-411

Pennay, M. & Freeman, J. 2005. Day roost of the little pied bat Chalinolobus picatus (Gould) (Microchiroptera: Vespertilionidae) in inland northern New South Wales. The Australian Zoologist 35(2): 166-167

Richards, G.C. 1995. Little Pied Bat Chalinolobus picatus. pp. 517-518 in Strahan, R. (ed.). The Mammals of Australia: The National Photographic Index of Australian Wildlife. Sydney : Reed New Holland 756 pp.

Ryan, R.M. 1966. A new and some imperfectly known Australian Chalinolobus and the taxonomic status of African Glauconycteris. Journal of Mammalogy 47: 86-91

Schulz, M., Oliviera, M.C. de & Eyre, T. 1994. Notes on the little pied bat Chalinolobus picatus in central Queensland. Queensland Naturalist 33: 35-38

Van Deusen, H.M. & Koopman, K.F. 1971. Results of the Archbold Expeditions. No. 95 The genus Chalinolobus (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae). Taxonomic review of Chalinolobus picatus, C. nigrogriseus and C. rogersi. American Museum Novitates 2468: 1-30

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. (Little Pied Bat)

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