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 Tomb 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 9781877069253

• Chiroptera Specialist Group 1996. Taphozous australis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 19 July 2007.
• Simmons, Nancy B. (16 November 2005). "Order Chiroptera (pp. 312-529)". In Wilson, Don E., and Reeder, DeeAnn M., eds. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2 vols. (2142 pp.). ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/browse.asp?id=13800932.