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Species profile—Mormopterus petersi (inland free-tailed bat)

Classification

Animalia (animals) → Mammalia (mammals) → Molossidae (freetail-bats) → Mormopterus petersi (inland free-tailed bat)

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Species details

Kingdom
Animalia (animals)
Class
Mammalia (mammals)
Family
Molossidae (freetail-bats)
Scientific name
Mormopterus petersi (Leche, 1884)
Common name
inland free-tailed bat
Type reference
Leche, W. (1884). On some species of Chiroptera from Australia. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1884, 49-54.
WildNet taxon ID
22060
Synonym(s)
Mormopterus sp. 3
Ozimops petersi
Alternate name(s)
southern freetail-bat
inland freetail bat
inland mastiff bat
western scurrying bat
western micronomus
western mastiff-bat
little flat bat
little freetail-bat
Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
Least concern
Conservation significant
No
Endemicity
Native
Pest status
Nil

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Data source

This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0.
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=22060.

This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.

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Licence
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Last updated
8 March 2022