Species Scotorepens orion (Troughton, 1937)
Eastern Broad-nosed Bat, South-eastern Broad-nosed Bat
- Scoteinus orion Troughton, E. le G. 1937. Six new bats (Microchiroptera) from the Australasian region. The Australian Zoologist 8: 274-281 [277].
Type data:
Holotype AM M6115 ♂ skin & skull, All Saints Church, Hunters Hill, Sydney, NSW.
Generic Combinations
- Scotorepens orion (Troughton, 1937).
- Nycticeius balstoni orion (Troughton, 1937).
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria
IBRA
NSW, Qld, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)
Ecological Descriptors
Closed forest, gregarious, predator, subtropical, volant.
General References
Baverstock, P.R., Adams, M., Reardon, T. & Watts, C.H.S. 1987. Electrophoretic resolution of species boundaries in Australian Microchiroptera. III. The Nycticeiini — Scotorepens and Scoteanax (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae). Australian Journal of Biological Sciences 40: 413-433
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
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
Tidemann, C.R. 1995. Eastern Broad-nosed Bat Scotorepens orion. pp. 531-532 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
Common Name References
ABRS 2001. Census of Australian Vertebrates. Australian Biological Resources Study. (South-eastern Broad-nosed Bat)
Clayton, M., Wombey, J.C., Mason, I.J., Chesser, R.T. & Wells, A. 2006. CSIRO List of Australian Vertebrates: A Reference with Conservation Status. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing iv 162 pp. [111] (Eastern Broad-nosed Bat)
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) |