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Species Saccolaimus flaviventris (Peters, 1867)

Yellow-bellied Sheathtail-bat

 

Generic Combinations

  • Saccolaimus flaviventris (Peters, 1867).

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

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

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
04-Dec-2018 18-Nov-2010 MOVED
12-Feb-2010 (import)