Species Ozimops planiceps (Peters, 1866)
South-eastern Free-tailed Bat, Little Mastiff-bat
- Nyctinomus planiceps Peters, W. 1866. Über einige neue oder weniger bekannte Flederthiere. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1866: 16-25 [23].
Type data:
Lectotype SMF 4283 ♀ skin (wet) & skull, Australia [as Australien (angeblich aus Sydney)], believed by Iredale & Troughton (1934: 101) to be WA.Subsequent designation references:
Mertens, R. 1925. Verzeichnis der Säugetier-Typen des Senckenbergischen Museums. Senckenbergiana Biologica 7: 18-37.Type locality references:
Iredale, T. & Troughton, E. le G. 1934. A check-list of the mammals recorded from Australia. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 6: i-xii 1-122. - Molossus wilcoxii Krefft, G. 1873. The bat tribe-(continued). The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser Vol. 16 No. 700 29th Nov. 1873. p. 694 cols 1-2 [694].
Type data:
Lectotype BMNH 64.8.14.1, region extending from Clarence River, NSW to Rockhampton, QLD.
Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown (not found in AM), region extending from Clarence River, NSW to Rockhampton, QLD.Subsequent designation references:
Reardon, T.B., McKenzie, N.L. & Adams, M. in Reardon, T.B., McKenzie, N.L., Cooper, S.J.B., Appleton, B., Carthew, S. & Adams, M. 2014. A molecular and morphological investigation of species boundaries and phylogenetic relationships in Australian free-tailed bats Mormopterus (Chiroptera : Molossidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 62: 109–136 [124].
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Hill, J.E. 1961. Indo-Australian bats of the genus Tadarida. Mammalia 25: 29-56 [45-46]
- Koopman, K.F. 1984. Taxonomic and distributional notes on tropical Australian bats. American Museum Novitates 2778: 1-48 [29-31]
- Reardon, T.B., McKenzie, N.L., Cooper, S.J.B., Appleton, B., Carthew, S. & Adams, M. 2014. A molecular and morphological investigation of species boundaries and phylogenetic relationships in Australian free-tailed bats Mormopterus (Chiroptera : Molossidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 62(2): 109–136
Generic Combinations
- Mormopterus planiceps (Peters, 1866). —
Strahan, R. (ed.) 1983. The Australian Museum Complete Book of Australian Mammals. The National Photographic Index of Australian Wildlife. Sydney : Angus & Robertson. [322] (new combination) - Micronomus planiceps (Peters, 1866). —
Iredale, T. & Troughton, E. le G. 1934. A check-list of the mammals recorded from Australia. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 6: i-xii 1-122 [101] (new combination)
Introduction
"The original concept of Mormopterus planiceps (Peters, 1866) was recognised quite early on as a species complex. Out of this complex Adams et al. (1998) recognised M. sp. 2, M. sp. 3 and M. sp. 4. As these have now been described by Reardon et al. (2014) only the eastern form of M. sp.4 makes up the new concept of Mormopterus planiceps (Peters, 1866)" (Ian Geers, pers. com. 2014). This has necessitated allocation of a new CAVS number (changed from 1326 to #1940).
Distribution
States
New South Wales, South Australia, Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
Western slopes of the GDR in NSW through VIC and southern SA
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
NSW, SA, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Kanmantoo (KAN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)
Ecological Descriptors
Gregarious, predator, territorial, tree hole, volant.
Extra Ecological Information
Forages on ground*, roosts also in buildings or crevices.
General References
Crichton, E.G. & Krutzsch, P.H. 1987. Reproductive biology of the female little mastiff bat, Mormopterus planiceps (Chiroptera: Molossidae) in southeast Australia. American Journal of Anatomy 178: 369-386
Freeman, P.W. 1981. A multivariate study of the family Molossidae (Mammalia, Chiroptera): morphology, ecology, evolution. Fieldiana Zoology ns 7: i-viii 1-173
Holsworth, W.N. 1986. Homing ability of the little mastiff-bat Mormopterus planiceps. Macroderma 2: 54-58
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
Krutzsch, P.H. & Crichton, E.G. 1987. Reproductive biology of the male little mastiff bat, Mormopterus planiceps (Chiroptera: Molossidae). in south east Australia. Australian Journal of Biological Sciences 40: 203-210
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
McKean, J.L. & Hamilton-Smith, E. 1967. Litter size and maternity sites in Australian bats (Chiroptera). Victorian Naturalist 84: 203-206
McKenzie, N.L. 1995. Little Northern Freetail-bat Mormopterus loriae. pp. 482-483 in Strahan, R. (ed.). The Mammals of Australia: The National Photographic Index of Australian Wildlife. Sydney : Reed New Holland 756 pp.
Reardon, T.B., McKenzie, N.L., Cooper, S.J.B., Appleton, B., Carthew, S. & Adams, M. 2014. A molecular and morphological investigation of species boundaries and phylogenetic relationships in Australian free-tailed bats Mormopterus (Chiroptera : Molossidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 62(2): 109–136 [119]
Richards, G.C. 1995. Southern Freetail-bat Mormopterus planiceps. pp. 485-486 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
Woodside, D.P. & Taylor, K.J. 1985. Echolocation calls of fourteen bats from eastern New South Wales. Australian Mammalogy 8: 279-298 (as M. loriae)
Ziegler, A.C. 1982. An ecological check-list of New Guinea Recent mammals. pp. 863-894 in Gressitt, J.L. (ed.). Biogeography and Ecology of New Guinea. The Hague & London : W. Junk Vol. 2(4) vii 983 pp.
Common Name References
ABRS 2001. Census of Australian Vertebrates. Australian Biological Resources Study. (Little Mastiff-bat)
Reardon, T.B., McKenzie, N.L., Cooper, S.J.B., Appleton, B., Carthew, S. & Adams, M. 2014. A molecular and morphological investigation of species boundaries and phylogenetic relationships in Australian free-tailed bats Mormopterus (Chiroptera : Molossidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 62(2): 109–136 [119] (South-eastern Free-tailed Bat)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04-Dec-2018 | CHIROPTERA | 26-Mar-2024 | MODIFIED | |
| 30-Jun-2014 | MOLOSSIDAE | 31-Mar-2015 | MODIFIED | |
| 04-Dec-2018 | 18-Nov-2010 | MOVED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |