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Species Hipposideros ater Templeton, 1848

Dusky Leafnosed-bat

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IBRA

NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Northern Kimberley (NK), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT) ; NT, WA: Dampierland (DL)

Ecological Descriptors

Cave dweller, coastal, gregarious, insectivorous, predator, volant.

Extra Ecological Information

Forms nursery colonies, particularly noctuid moths.

 

General References

Bullen, R.D. & McKenzie, N.L. 2004. Bat flight-muscle mass: implications for foraging strategy. Australian Journal of Zoology 52: 605-622

Fenton, M.B. 1982. Echolocation calls and patterns of hunting and habitat use of bats (Microchiroptera) from Chillagoe, north Queensland. Australian Journal of Zoology 30: 417-425

Friend, G.R. & Braithwaite, R.W. 1986. Bat fauna of Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory. Australian Mammalogy 9: 43-52

Hill, J.E. 1963. A revision of the genus Hipposideros. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zool. 11: 1-129

Honacki, J.H., Kinman, K.E. & Koeppl, J.W. (eds) 1982. Mammal Species of the World: A taxonomic and geographic reference. Lawrence, Kansas : Allen Press & Assoc. Syst. Coll. ix 694 pp.

Jenkins, P.D. & Hill, J.E. 1981. The status of Hipposideros galeritus Cantor, 1846 and Hipposideros cervinus (Gould, 1854) (Chiroptera: Hipposideridae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zool. 41: 279-294

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

Pavey, C.R. & Burwell, C.J. 1995. Dusky Leafnosed-bat Hipposideros ater. pp. 455-456 in Strahan, R. (ed.). The Mammals of Australia: The National Photographic Index of Australian Wildlife. Sydney : Reed New Holland 756 pp.

Pavey, C.R. & Burwell, C.J. 1998. Bat predation on eared moths: a test of the allotonic frequency hypothesis. Oikos 81: 143-151

Pavey, C.R. & Burwell, C.J. 2000. Foraging ecology of three species of hipposiderid bats in tropical Australia. Wildlife Research 27: 283-287

Smith, J.D. & Hood, C.S. 1981. Preliminary notes on bats from the Bismarck Archipelago (Mammalia: Chiroptera). Science in New Guinea 8: 81-121

Stephan, H., Nelson, J.E. & Frahm, H.D. 1981. Brain size comparison in Chiroptera. Zeitschrift für Zoologische Systematik und Evolutionsforschung 19: 195-222

Stephan, H. & Nelson, J.E. 1981. Brains of Australian Chiroptera 1. Encephalization and macromorphology. Australian Journal of Zoology 29: 653-670

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

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
12-Dec-2022 CHIROPTERA 12-Dec-2022 MOVED
04-Dec-2018 18-Nov-2010 MOVED
12-Feb-2010 (import)