Species Rhinonicteris aurantia (J.E. Gray, 1845)

CAVS: 1314

Orange Leaf-nosed Bat, Golden Horseshoe Bat, Orange Horseshoe Bat

Rhinolophus aurantius Gray, J.E. 1845. Description of some new Australian animals. Appendix. pp. 405-411 in Eyre, E.J. (ed.). Journals of Expeditions of Discovery into Central Australia and Overland from Adelaide to King George's Sound in the Years 1840-1; sent by the colonists of South Australia, with the sanction and support of the Government: including an account of the manners and customs of the Aborigines and the state of their relations with Europeans. London : T. & W. Boone Vol. 1. [405].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH 45.5.13.3 includes ♂ skin (wet) & skull, Port Essington, NT (as near the hospital, Port Essington).

Generic Combinations

Rhinonicteris aurantia (J.E. Gray, 1845).

Miscellaneous Literature Names

Rhinonicteris aurantia (J.E. Gray, 1845).

Introduction

Van Dyck & Strahan (2008: 470) include an 'unnamed Pilbara form', awaiting formal classification.

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Kimberley (CK), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Northern Kimberley (NK), Pine Creek (PCK), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB)

Ecological Descriptors

Cave dweller, gregarious, insectivorous, predator.

Extra Ecological Information

Insectivore.

General References

Armstrong, K.N. 2000. Roost microclimates of the bat Rhinonicteris aurantius in limestone cave in Geike Gorge, Western Australia. Australian Mammalogy 22: 69-70

Armstrong, K.N. 2001. The roost habitat and distribution of the orange leaf-nosed bat, Rhinonicteris aurantius, in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. Wildlife Research 28: 95-104

Armstrong, K.N. 2006. Resolving the correct nomenclature of the orange leaf-nosed bat Rhinonicteris aurantia (Gray, 1845) (Hipposideridae). Australian Mammalogy 28: 125-130

Armstrong, K.N. & Coles, R.B. 2007. Echolocation call frequency differences between isolates of Rhinonicteris aurantia (Chiroptera: Hipposideridae): implications of nasal chamber size. Journal of Mammalogy 88: 94-104

Churchill, S.K. 1991. Distribution, abundance and roost selection of the orange horseshoe-bat, Rhinonycteris aurantius, a tropical cave-dweller. Australian Wildlife Research 18: 343-353

Churchill, S.K. 1995. Reproductive ecology of the orange horseshoe bat, Rhinonycteris aurantius (Hipposideridae : Chiroptera), a tropical cave dweller. Wildlife Research 22: 687-698

Churchill, S.K., Helman, P.M. & Hall, L.S. 1988. Distribution, populations and status of the orange horseshoe bat, Rhinonicteris aurantius (Chiroptera: Hipposideridae). Australian Mammalogy 11: 27-33

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

Hill, J.E. 1982. A review of the leaf-nosed bats Rhinonycteris, Cloeotis and Triaenops (Chiroptera: Hipposideridae). Bonner Zoologische Beiträge 33: 165-186

Jolly, S. 1988. Five colonies of the orange horseshoe bat, Rhinonycteris aurantius (Chiroptera: Hipposideridae) in the Northern Territory. Australian Wildlife Research 15: 41-49

Jolly, S. & Hand, S. 1995. Orange Leafnosed-bat Rhinonicteris aurantius. pp. 464-465 in Strahan, R. (ed.). The Mammals of Australia: The National Photographic Index of Australian Wildlife. Sydney : Reed New Holland 756 pp.

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

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

van Dyck, S. & Strahan, R. 2008. The Mammals of Australia. Third Edition. Sydney : Reed New Holland 887 pp. [470]

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. (Orange Leaf-nosed Bat)

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
31-Mar-2015		31-Mar-2015	MOVED
04-Dec-2018		18-Nov-2010	MOVED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)