WA Mammals 05. Least Blossom Bat to Greater Long-eared Bat
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Least Blossom Bat (Northern Blossom Bat) |
Macroglossus minimus |
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Black Flying-fox |
Pteropus alecto |
| Common in Kununurra, Broome. Seen at Argyle Diamond Mine. | |
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Little Red Flying-fox (photograph) |
Pteropus scapulatus |
| Seen in Kununurra, Argyle Diamond Mine. | |
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Ghost Bat |
Macroderma gigas |
| Seen in Kununurra, Argyle Diamond Mine. | |
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Orange Leaf-nosed Bat |
Rhinonicteris aurantius |
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Dusky Leaf-nosed Bat |
Hipposideros ater |
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Northern Leaf-nosed Bat |
Hipposideros stenotis |
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Yellow-bellied Sheathtail Bat |
Saccolaimus flaviventris |
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Common Sheathtail Bat |
Taphozous georgianus |
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Hill's Sheathtail Bat |
Taphozous hilli |
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White-striped Freetail Bat |
Tadarida australis |
| Seen briefly at dusk and heard at Eyre Bird Observatory in April 2004. Almost certainly heard/seen in the south west at Dryandra State Forest and at Charles Darwin Reserve. It flies high above the canopy except when it comes down to drink. Also called White-striped Mastiff Bat. | |
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Northern Freetail Bat |
Chaerophon jobensis |
| Mist netted at Lake Eda at Broome in November 2007 where they were common. | |
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Beccari's Freetail Bat (photograph) |
Mormopterus beccari |
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Mist netted at the Broome sewage ponds in November 2002. |
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Mangrove Freetail Bat |
Mormopterus loriae cobourgensis |
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Inland Freetail Bat |
Mormopterus planiceps |
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Western Freetail Bat |
Mormopterus planiceps |
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Hoary Wattled Bat |
Chalinolobus nigrogriseus |
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Gould's Wattled Bat |
Chalinolobus gouldii |
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Chocolate Wattled Bat |
Chalinolobus morio |
| Three caught at the Eyre Bird Observatory in April 2004. 100+ seen leaving Murra-el-Eleven Cave near Cocklebiddy at dusk. | |
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Mangrove Pipistrelle (Northern Pipistrelle) |
Pipistrellus westralis |
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Northern Cave Bat |
Vespadelus caurinus |
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Kimberley Cave Bat |
Vespadelus douglasorum |
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Inland Cave Bat |
Vespadelus finlaysoni |
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Inland Forest Bat |
Vespadelus baverstocki |
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Southern Forest Bat |
Vespadelus regulus |
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Common Bentwing Bat |
Miniopterus schreibersii |
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Large-footed Myotis |
Myotis adversus |
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Western False Pipistrelle |
Falsistrellus mackenziei |
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Inland Broad-nosed Bat |
Scotorepens balstoni |
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Little Broad-nosed Bat |
Scotorepens greyii |
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Northern Broad-nosed Bat |
Scotorepens sanborni |
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Arnhem Long-eared Bat |
Nyctophilus arnhemensis |
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Northern Long-eared Bat |
Nyctophilus bifax |
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Pygmy Long-eared Bat |
Nyctophilus walkeri |
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Lesser Long-eared Bat (photographs) |
Nyctophilus geoffroyi |
| Two mist netted at Jandakot Airport in February 2003. One caught in the living room of Wattle Cottage at Dryandra Woodlands Village in March 2003. | |
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Gould's Long-eared Bat |
Nyctophilus gouldi |
| One mist netted at the Linesman Camp near Burnabbie at the Eyre Bird Observatory in April 2004. | |
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Greater Long-eared Bat |
Nyctophilus timoriensis |
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