Coastal sheath-tailed bat

Coastal sheath-tailed bat
Conservation status
Near Threatened  (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Chiroptera
Family:	Emballonuridae
Genus:	Taphozous
Species:	T. australis
Binomial name
Taphozous australis Gould, 1854
Coastal sheath-tailed bat range

The coastal sheath-tailed bat^[1] or coastal tomb bat (Taphozous australis) is a species of sheath-tailed bat in the family Emballonuridae. It is found in Australia and Papua New Guinea.

References

1. ↑ Van Dyke, S. and Strahan, R. (eds.) (2008) The Mammals of Australia, Third Edition, New Holland / Queensland Museum, Brisbane ISBN 978-1-877069-25-3

• Chiroptera Specialist Group 1996. Taphozous australis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 19 July 2007.
• Simmons, N. B. (2005). "Order Chiroptera". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 312–529. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.