Species Rhinolophus megaphyllus J.E. Gray, 1834
Eastern Horseshoe-bat
Introduction
Mahoney (1988: 121) listed synonyms, following Koopman (1984: 8-9) ,rather than subspecies.
Distribution
States
Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria
IBRA
ACT, NSW, Qld, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT)
Ecological Descriptors
Arthropod-feeder, cave dweller, closed forest, coastal, gregarious, open forest, predator, subtropical, volant, woodland.
Extra Ecological Information
Forms maternity colonies, hovers, hibernates in southern part of range.
General References
Cooper, S.J.B., Reardon, T.B. & Skilins, J. 1998. Molecular systematics of Australian rhinolophid bats (Chiroptera: Rhinolophidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 46: 203-220
Dwyer, P.D. 1965. Flight patterns of some eastern Australian bats. Victorian Naturalist 82: 36-41
Dwyer, P.D. 1966. Observations on the Eastern Horse-shoe Bat in North-eastern New South Wales. Helictite, Journal of Australasian Cave Research 4: 73-82
Fenton, M.B. 1982. Echolocation calls and patterns of hunting and habitat use of bats (Microchiroptera) from Chillagoe, north Queensland. Australian Journal of Zoology 30: 417-425
Hall, L.S. 1982. Management of Microchiroptera in captivity. pp. 157-160 in Evans, D.D. (ed.). The Management of Australian Mammals in Captivity. Proceedings of the Scientific Meeting of the Australian Mammal Society, Healesville, Victoria, February 1979. Melbourne : Zoological Board of Victoria 194 pp.
Humphery-Smith, I. 1982. Survival of captive Microchiroptera feeding on prey attracted to artificial lights. pp. 164-171 in Evans, D.D. (ed.). The Management of Australian Mammals in Captivity. Proceedings of the Scientific Meeting of the Australian Mammal Society, Healesville, Victoria, February 1979. Melbourne : Zoological Board of Victoria 194 pp.
Jones, G. & Corben, C. 1993. Echolocation calls from six species of microchiropteran bats in south-eastern Queensland. Australian Mammalogy 16: 35-38
Koopman, K.F. 1982. Results of the Archbold Expeditions. No. 109 Bats from eastern Papua and the east Papuan Islands. American Museum Novitates 2747: 1-34
Koopman, K.F. 1984. Taxonomic and distributional notes on tropical Australian bats. American Museum Novitates 2778: 1-48
Krutzsch, P.H., Young, R.A. & Crichton, E.G. 1992. Observations on the reproductive biology and anatomy of Rhinolophus megaphyllus (Chiroptera: Rhinolophidae) in eastern Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology 40: 533-549
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
Mahoney, J.A. in Walton, D.W. (ed.) 1988. Zoological Catalogue of Australia Volume 5. Mammalia. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service x 274 pp. [Date published 13/Apr/1988]
Messer, M. & Parry-Jones, K. 1997. Milk composition in the grey-headed flying-fox, Pteropus poliocephalus (Pteropidae: Chiroptera). Australian Journal of Zoology 45: 65-73
Pavey, C.R. 1998. Habitat use by the eastern horseshoe bat, Rhinolophus megaphyllus, in a fragmented woodland mosaic. Wildlife Research 25: 489-498
Pavey, C.R. & Young, R.A. 1995. Eastern Horseshoe-bat Rhinolophus megaphyllus. pp. 449-450 in Strahan, R. (ed.). The Mammals of Australia: The National Photographic Index of Australian Wildlife. Sydney : Reed New Holland 756 pp.
Smith, J.D. & Hood, C.S. 1981. Preliminary notes on bats from the Bismarck Archipelago (Mammalia: Chiroptera). Science in New Guinea 8: 81-121
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
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. & Taylor, K.J. 1985. Echolocation calls of fourteen bats from eastern New South Wales. Australian Mammalogy 8: 279-298
Young, R.A. 1975. Aging criteria, pelage color polymorphism and moulting in Rhinolophus megaphyllus (Chiroptera) from south-eastern Queensland, Australia. Mammalia 39: 75-111
Young, R.A. 2001. The eastern horseshoe bat, Rhinolophus megaphyllus, in south-east Queensland, Australia: colony demography and dynamics, activity levels, seasonal weight changes, and capture-recapture analysis. Wildlife Research 28: 425-434
Common Name References
ABRS 2001. Census of Australian Vertebrates. Australian Biological Resources Study. (Eastern Horseshoe-bat)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12-Dec-2022 | CHIROPTERA | 12-Dec-2022 | MOVED | |
| 04-Dec-2018 | 18-Nov-2010 | MOVED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |