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Species Scoteanax rueppellii (Peters, 1866)

Greater Broad-nosed Bat

 

Generic Combinations

  • Scoteanax rueppellii (Peters, 1866).
  • Nycticeius rueppellii (Peters, 1866).

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IBRA

NSW, Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Carnivorous, closed forest, open forest, predator, subtropical, volant, woodland.

 

General References

Dwyer, P.D. 1965. Flight patterns of some eastern Australian bats. Victorian Naturalist 82: 36-41

Hoye, G.A. & Richards, G.C. 1995. Greater Broad-nosed Bat Scoteanax rueppellii. pp. 527-528 in Strahan, R. (ed.). The Mammals of Australia: The National Photographic Index of Australian Wildlife. Sydney : Reed New Holland 756 pp.

Kitchener, D.J. & Caputi, N. 1985. Systematic revision of Australian Scoteanax and Scotorepens (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae), with remarks on relationships to other Nycticeiini. Records of the Western Australian Museum 12: 85-146

Koopman, K.F. 1978. The genus Nycticeius (Vespertilionidae), with special reference to tropical Australia. pp. 165-171 in Olembo, R.J., Castelino, J.B. & Mutere, F.A. (eds). Proceedings of the 4th International Bat Research Conference. Nairobi : Kenya Literature Bureau.

Koopman, K.F. 1984. Taxonomic and distributional notes on tropical Australian bats. American Museum Novitates 2778: 1-48

McKean, J.L. 1966. Some new distributional records of Broad-nosed Bats (Nycticeius spp.). Victorian Naturalist 83: 25-30

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

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

Woodside, D.P. & Long, A. 1984. Observations on the feeding habits of the greater broad-nosed bat, Nycticeius rueppellii (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae). Australian Mammalogy 7: 121-129

Woodside, D.P. & Long, A. 1984. Observations on the feeding habits of the Greater Broad-nosed Bat, Nycticeus rueppellii (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae). Australian Mammalogy 7: 121-129

Woodside, D.P. & Taylor, K.J. 1985. Echolocation calls of fourteen bats from eastern New South Wales. Australian Mammalogy 8: 279-298

 

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)
22-Nov-2010 22-Nov-2010 MOVED
04-Dec-2018 18-Nov-2010 MOVED
12-Feb-2010 (import)