Species Saccolaimus flaviventris (Peters, 1867)
Yellow-bellied Sheathtail-bat
- Taphozous flaviventris Peters, W. 1867. On Taphozous flaviventris, Gould, a new species of bat from Australia. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1866: 430 [publication date established from Duncan, F.M. 1937. On the dates of publication of the Society's 'Proceedings', 1859–1926. With an appendix containing the dates of publication of 'Proceedings', 1830–1858, compiled by the late F.H. Waterhouse, and of the 'Transactions', 1853–1869, by the late Henry Peavot, originally published in P.Z.S. 1893, 1913. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 107: 71–84 [72]].
Type data:
Holotype AM 137 (Palmer Register) ♂ skin (wet) & skull, Northern Territory.Type locality references:
Waterhouse, F.G. 1876. The fauna of South Australia. pp. 281-296 in Harcus, W. (ed.). South Australia: Its History, Resources and Productions. London : Sampson, Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington. [283]; Troughton, E. le G. 1925. A revision of the genera Taphozous and Saccolaimus (Chiroptera) in Australia and New Guinea, including a new species, and a note on two Malayan forms. Records of the Australian Museum 14: 313-341 pls 47-48 [318, 320-321]. - Taphozous hargravei Ramsay, E.P. 1876. Description of a supposed new species of bat, from Stanwell, near Bulli, N.S.W. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 1: 81-82 [publication date established from Fletcher, J.J. 1896. On the dates of publication of the early volumes of the Society's Proceedings. Proc. Linn. Soc. NSW 2 10: 533–536 [535]] [81].
Type data:
Holotype AM M2349 ♀ skin (skull extracted not found in AM), 'Stanwell' (?=Stanwell Park), NSW. - Taphozous affinis insignis Leche, W. 1884. On some species of Chiroptera from Australia. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1884: 49-54 [publication date established from Duncan, F.M. 1937. On the dates of publication of the Society's 'Proceedings', 1859–1926. With an appendix containing the dates of publication of 'Proceedings', 1830–1858, compiled by the late F.H. Waterhouse, and of the 'Transactions', 1853–1869, by the late Henry Peavot, originally published in P.Z.S. 1893, 1913. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 107: 71–84 [74]] [51].
Type data:
Holotype NHRM ZI181 ♂ (not found), 'South Australia'.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Troughton, E. le G. 1925. A revision of the genera Taphozous and Saccolaimus (Chiroptera) in Australia and New Guinea, including a new species, and a note on two Malayan forms. Records of the Australian Museum 14: 313-341 pls 47-48 [315-316]
Generic Combinations
- Saccolaimus flaviventris (Peters, 1867).
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia
IBRA
NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Kanmantoo (KAN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Sturt Plateau (STU), Tanami (TAN), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT)
Ecological Descriptors
Migratory, predator, tree holes, volant.
Extra Ecological Information
Hibernates*, usually solitary, forages above canopy but foraging height varies with cover.
General References
Chimimba, C.T. & Kitchener, D.J. 1987. Breeding in the Australian Yellow-bellied Sheath-tailed Bat, Saccolaimus flaviventris (Peters, 1867) (Chiroptera: Emballonuridae). Records of the Western Australian Museum 13: 241-248
Chimimba, C.T. & Kitchener, D.J. 1991. A systematic revision of Australian Emballonuridae (Mammalia: Chiroptera). Records of the Western Australian Museum 15: 203-265
Friend, G.R. & Braithwaite, R.W. 1986. Bat fauna of Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory. Australian Mammalogy 9: 43-52
Hall, L.S. & Gordon, G. 1982. The throat-pouch of the Yellow-bellied Bat, Taphozous flaviventris. Mammalia 46: 247-252 pls 3-4
Lumsden, L.F. & Bennett, A.F. 1995. Bats of a semi-arid environment in south-eastern Australia: Biogeography, ecology and conservation. Wildlife Research 22: 217-240
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
Rhodes, M.P. & Hall, L.S. 1997. Observations on yellow-bellied sheath-tailed bats Saccoliamus flaviventris (Peters, 1867) (Chiroptera: Emballonuridae). The Australian Zoologist 30: 351-357
Richards, G.C. 1995. Yellow-bellied Sheathtail-bat Saccolaimus flaviventris. 467 in Strahan, R. (ed.). The Mammals of Australia: The National Photographic Index of Australian Wildlife. Sydney : Reed New Holland 756 pp.
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. (Yellow-bellied Sheathtail-bat)
History of changes
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04-Dec-2018 | 18-Nov-2010 | MOVED | ||
12-Feb-2010 | (import) |