Species Phoniscus papuensis (Dobson, 1878)
Golden-tipped Bat
- Kerivoula papuensis Dobson, G.E. 1878. Catalogue of the Chiroptera in the Collection of the British Museum. London : British Museum xlii 567 pp. 30 pls. [339].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 78.2.20.1 skin & skull, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea.
Generic Combinations
- Kerivoula (Phoniscus) papuensis Dobson, 1878. —
Mahoney, J.A. in Walton, D.W. (ed.) 1988. Zoological Catalogue of Australia Volume 5. Mammalia. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service x 274 pp. [Date published 13/Apr/1988] (following Koopman (1982)) - Phoniscus papuensis (Dobson, 1878).
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
New Guinea.
IBRA
NSW, Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)
Ecological Descriptors
Arthropod-feeder, closed forest, coastal, glider, predator, subtropical.
Extra Ecological Information
Rare in Australian collections.
General References
Hill, J.E. 1965. Asiatic bats of the genera Kerivoula and Phoniscus (Vespertilionidae), with a note on Kerivoula aerosa Tomes. Mammalia 29: 524-556
Jentink, F.A. 1904. On Kerivoula picta (Pallas) and description of a new bat from Paramaribo. Notes from the Leyden Museum 24: 174-176
Koopman, K.F. 1982. Results of the Archbold Expeditions. No. 109 Bats from eastern Papua and the east Papuan Islands. American Museum Novitates 2747: 1-34
Law, B. & Chidel, M. 2004. Roosting and foraging ecology of the golden-tipped bat Kerivoula papuensis on the south coast of New South Wales. Wildlife Research 31: 73-82
Lunney, D. & Barker, J. 1986. The occurrence of Phoniscus papuensis (Dobson) (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) on the south coast of New South Wales. Australian Mammalogy 9: 57-58
Rhodes, M.P. 1995. Wing morphology and flight behaviour of the golden-tipped bat, Phoniscus papuensis (Dobson) (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 43: 643-656
Ryan, R.M. 1965. Taxonomic status of the vespertilionid genera Kerivoula and Phoniscus. Journal of Mammalogy 46: 517-518
Schulz, M. 2000. Diet and foraging behavior of the golden-tipped bat Kerivoula papuensis: a spider specialist? Journal of Mammalogy 81: 948-957
Schulz, M. 2000. Relative abundance and other aspect of the natural history of the rare golden-tipped bat, Kerivoula papuensis (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae). Acta Chiropterologica 1: 165-178
Schulz, M. 2000. Roosts used by the golden-tipped bat Kerivoula papuensis (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae). Journal of Zoology, London 25: 467-478
Schulz, M. & Eyre, T. 2000. Habitat selection by the rare golden-tipped bat Kerivoula papuensis. Australian Mammalogy 22: 23-33
Schulz, M. & Wainer, J. 1997. Diet of the golden-tipped bat Kerivoula papuensis (Microchiroptera) from north-eastern New South Wales, Australia. Journal of Zoology, London 243: 653-658
Walton, D.W., Busby, J.R. & Woodside, D.P. 1992. Recorded and predicted distribution of the golden-tipped bat Phoniscus papuensis (Dobson, 1878) in Australia. The Australian Zoologist 28: 52-54
Woodside, D.P. 1995. Golden-tipped Bat Kerivoula papuensis. pp. 490-491 in Strahan, R. (ed.). The Mammals of Australia: The National Photographic Index of Australian Wildlife. Sydney : Reed New Holland 756 pp.
Woodside, D.P. & Taylor, K.J. 1985. Echolocation calls of fourteen bats from eastern New South Wales. Australian Mammalogy 8: 279-298
Ziegler, A.C. 1982. An ecological check-list of New Guinea Recent mammals. pp. 863-894 in Gressitt, J.L. (ed.). Biogeography and Ecology of New Guinea. The Hague & London : W. Junk Vol. 2(4) vii 983 pp.
Common Name References
ABRS 2001. Census of Australian Vertebrates. Australian Biological Resources Study. (Golden-tipped Bat)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 22-Nov-2010 | 22-Nov-2010 | MOVED | ||
| 22-Nov-2010 | 22-Nov-2010 | MOVED | ||
| 22-Nov-2010 | 22-Nov-2010 | MOVED | ||
| 04-Dec-2018 | 18-Nov-2010 | MOVED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |