Genus Phoniscus Miller, 1905

Museums

Regional Maps

• Phoniscus Miller, G.S. 1905. A new genus of bats from Sumatra. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 18: 229-230 [229].

  Type species:

   Phoniscus atrox Miller, 1905 by original designation.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Subgeneric Arrangement

• Woinarski, J.C.Z., Burbidge, A.A. & Harrison, P.L. 2014. The Action Plan for Australian Mammals 2012. Melbourne, Victoria : CSIRO Publishing 1038 pp.

 

Introduction

Mahoney (1988) recognised the subgenus Phoniscus, following Koopman (1982). Subgenera of Kerivoula were not recognised by van Dyck and Strahan (2008) and Woinarski et al. removed Kerivoula from the Australian list, recognising Phoniscus for the Australian species.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

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)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: SE coastal
  • Queensland: NE coastal
• Papua New Guinea

Oriental Region

• Indonesia
  • Java
  • Sulawesi (Celebes)
  • Sumatra
• Malaysia
• Philippines

General References

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]

van Dyck, S. & Strahan, R. 2008. The Mammals of Australia. Third Edition. Sydney : Reed New Holland 887 pp.

Woinarski, J.C.Z., Burbidge, A.A. & Harrison, P.L. 2014. The Action Plan for Australian Mammals 2012. Melbourne, Victoria : CSIRO Publishing 1038 pp.

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
22-Nov-2010		22-Nov-2010	MOVED
04-Dec-2018		18-Nov-2010	MOVED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)