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CAVS: 1833

Subspecies Miniopterus australis australis (Tomes, 1858)

  • M.[iniopteris] Australis Tomes, R.F. 1858. A monograph of the genus Miniopteris. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1858: 115-128 pl. 65 [publication date established from Sclater, P.L. 1893. List of the dates of receipt from the Printers of the sheets of the Society's 'Proceedings' from 1831 to 1859 inclusive. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1893: 435–440 [440]] [125].
    Type data:
     Lectotype BMNH 54.5.19.5 skin (wet) & skull (Tate, G.H.H. 1940. Notes on the types of certain early described species of monotremes, marsupials, Muridae and bats from the Indo-Australian region. American Museum Novitates 1061: 1–10 [9] identified BMNH 54.5.19.5 as (Oldfield) Thomas' 'lectotype' of Miniopterus australis; see Hill, loc. cit., for discussion of Thomas' unpublished lectotype selection), Îsles Loyauté (as Loyalty Islands).

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IBRA

NSW, Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Cave dweller, closed forest, gregarious, open forest, predator, subtropical.

 

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 CHIROPTERA 14-Aug-2018 MODIFIED
22-Nov-2010 22-Nov-2010 MOVED
04-Dec-2018 18-Nov-2010 MOVED
12-Feb-2010 (import)