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Also see Flannery (1995a) and Bonaccorso (1998).; [HMW] Taphozous australis Gould, 1854 , “ maritime caves in the sandstone cliffs of Albany Island, Cape York [Peninsula] ,” Queensland , Australia . Taphozous australis is in the subgenus Taphozous .; [batnames2022] Includes fumosus ; see Troughton (1925) and Chimimba and Kitchener (1991). Tate (1952) included georgianus in this species, but see McKean and Price (1967) and Chimimba and Kitchener (1991). Also see Flannery (1995 a ) and Bonaccorso (1998).; [batnames2023] Includes fumosus ; see Troughton (1925) and Chimimba and Kitchener (1991). Tate (1952) included georgianus in this species, but see McKean and Price (1967) and Chimimba and Kitchener (1991). Also see Flannery (1995 a ) and Bonaccorso (1998).; [batnames2025_1.7] Includes fumosus; see Troughton (1925) and Chimimba and Kitchener (1991). Tate (1952) included georgianus in this species, but see McKean and Price (1967) and Chimimba and Kitchener (1991). Also see Flannery (1995a) and Bonaccorso (1998).				fumosus, georgianus		fumosus.			fumosus			australis	australis - fumosus	australis, fumosus		australis	australis - fumosus	australis, fumosus	australis, fumosus	australis 	australis - fumosus	australis J. Gould, 1854|fumosus De Vis, 1905		Corbet, G.B. and Hill, J.E. 1980. A World List of Mammalian Species. British Museum (Natural History), London, 226 pp.	Gould's pouched bat	New Guinea, N Queensland	Honacki, J.H., Kinman, K.E. and Koeppl, J.W. 1982. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Allen Press, Lawrence, 694 pp.	Taphozous australis	Australia, Queensland, Albany Isl. (off Cape York).	Gould	1854	Mamm. Aust., p. 3.	Distribution: Confined to Cape York, with a single record from southeastern New Guinea (Port Moresby).		Corbet, G.B. and Hill, J.E. 1991. A World List of Mammalian Species. Third edition. Oxford University Press, London, 243 pp. ISBN 0-19-854017-5	Gould's pouched bat	SE New Guinea, NE Queensland	Koopman, K.F. 1993. Order Chiroptera. Pp. 137–242 in Wilson, D.E. and Reeder, D.M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Second edition. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, 1206 pp.	Gould	1854	Mamm. Aust., p. 3.	Subgenus Taphozous. Includes/umosus; see Troughton (1925:332). Tate (1952:607) included georgianus in this species, but also see McKean and Price (1967).	N Queensland (Australia), Torres Strait Isis, SE New Guinea.	Australia, Queensland, Albany Isl (off Cape York).		GOULD	1854	Gular sac present and throat area virtually naked. Size medium (forearm length, 63-67 mm). Basisphenoid pits broad. Anterior ventral mandibular emargination strong.	Distribution: Confined to Cape York, with a single record from southeastern New Guinea (Port Moresby).	No subspecies.		42	species	T. australis	GOULD	1854	Taphozous	subgenus	Taphozous australis				Gular sac present and throat area virtually naked. Size medium (forearm length, 63-67 mm). Basisphenoid pits broad. Anterior ventral mandibular emargination strong.	No subspecies.		8. T. australis GOULD 1854.	8	NA			Don E. Wilson & DeeAnn M. Reeder (editors). 2005. Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed), Johns Hopkins University Press, 2,142 pp. (Available from Johns Hopkins University Press, 1-800-537-5487 or (410) 516-6900, or at http://www.press.jhu.edu).	CHIROPTERA	Emballonuridae	Taphozoinae		Taphozous australis	Taphozous	Taphozous	australis	Gould		1854		Mamm. Aust.			3		Coastal Tomb Bat	Australia, Queensland, Albany Isl (off Cape York).	N Queensland (Australia), Torres Strait Isls, SE New Guinea.	IUCN 2003 and IUCN/SSC Action Plan (2001) – Lower Risk (nt).	fumosus De Vis, 1905.	Subgenus Taphozous. Includes fumosus; see Troughton (1925) and Chimimba and Kitchener (1991). Tate (1952) included georgianus in this species, but see McKean and Price (1967) and Chimimba and Kitchener (1991). Also see Flannery (1995a) and Bonaccorso (1998).	03D587F2FFC94C02FF0B30C6F6C7FC83	Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 9 Bats, Barcelona: Lynx Edicions	978-84-16728-19-0	hbmw_9_Emballorunidae.pdf.imd	hash://md5/ffecff8affcf4c04ffa53577fff8ffe9	354	zip:hash://sha256/ec5fd314a06aba1a7b0b72f23e54ac625ae272bd98f82f1d01f4c09627d9e8e0!/treatments-xml-main/data/03/D5/87/03D587F2FFCA4C02F82F3255F947FAAB.xml	Taphozous australis	Emballonuridae	Taphozous	australis	Gould	1854	Coastal Sheath-tailed Bat @en | Taphien de Gould @fr | Küsten-Grabfledermaus @de | Tafozo de Gould @es | CoastalTomb Bat @en | Little Sheath-tailed Bat @en | North-eastern Sheath-tailed BatSouthern Sheath-tailed Bat @en	Taphozous australis Gould, 1854 , “ maritime caves in the sandstone cliffs of Albany Island, Cape York [Peninsula] ,” Queensland , Australia . Taphozous australis is in the subgenus Taphozous .	Papua New Guinea (recorded only at the lower Strickland River in Western Province and Port Moresby in National Capital District) and NE coast of Australia from Cape York Peninsula to Keppel Bay, also on Moa, Possession, and Albany Is in Torres Strait (possibly also on other islands in this area) and Magnetic I and other coastal islands of Queensland. It might have a larger distribution along S coast ofNew Guinea.	Head—body 78—90 mm, tail 20-29 mm, ear 22—26 mm, hindfoot 10— 14 mm, forearm 63-67 mm; weight 20-30-5 g. Individuals from Papua New Guinea are reportedly weight 20-26 g, but in Australia, adults are reportedly as large as 30-5 g, with larger body mass associated with fat deposition in colder winters of the central northeastern coast ofQueensland. Dorsum fur of the Coastal Sheath-tailed Bat appears grayish brown or gray, with both color morphs often found in a single colony; venter is slightly paler. Bases of hairs on dorsum and venter are white. Fur on underside of forearm is white. Throat pouch, opening to the anterior, is prominent in adult males and rudimentary in females. Radio-metacarpal sacs are present on both sexes. Triangular ear has blunt apex and is heavily pleated with serrations along posterior margin. Tragus is broad, short, and slightly rounded at tip. Antitragus extends nearly to comer of mouth. Large, dark brown irises make eyes conspicuous. Flight membranes are dark brown. Bare parts of facial region, ears, tail, and forearms are brown to reddish brown. Trailing edges of uropatagium when extended are supported by stiff cartilaginous calcars. Skull rises sharply from nasal region to cranium. Weak sagittal crest is present on older individuals.	Coastal dune scrublands, coastal heathlands, open eucalypt forests, grasslands, monsoon forests, mangroves, and swamps with swamp paperbark ( Melaleuca ericifolia , Myrtaceae ), no more than a few kilometers inland, from sea level to elevations ofc.300 m.	The Coastal Sheath-tail Bat is insectivorous and includes beetles in its diet. Large beetles are often carried to a night feeding roost or back to the day roost at the end of the night. Discarded insect parts can be found below either type of roost. While foraging, it flies fast and high above forest canopies but also descends closer to the ground in open areas.	Pregnant Coastal Sheath-tail Bats can be found in September, and births of single young occur in October-November in Australia.	Coastal Sheath-tail Bats are nocturnal and roost in sea caves, rocky areas, crevices, boulder piles, abandoned military bunkers, and old buildings. They emerge from day roosts well after dark. Echolocation call is flat to slightly sloped, and characteristic frequencies are 23—27 kHz. Its echolocation calls, however, are difficult to distinguish from Troughton’s Sheath-tailed Bat ( T. troughtoni ) or Beccari’s Freetailed Bat ( Ozimops beccarii ) where they co-occur.	Most roosting groups ofCoastal Sheathtail Bats consist of less than ten individuals, but larger groups exceeding 100 individuals have been noted, particularly in older published accounts. In winter, Coastal Sheath-tailed Bats can cluster in groups of up to five individuals, but in wanner months, they maintain individual distances of up to 20 cm while roosting. Even in large caves, they roost in well-lit areas and remain alert and quickly take flight if approached too closely, moving to another roosting site or deeper into inaccessible parts of large caves. They can commute up to 15 km from roosts to nightly foraging areas. They have been observed flying between offshore island roosts to the mainland ofAustralia to forage. At the extreme southern end of its distribution near Rockhampton, Australia, they deposit fat in autumn and thereafter enter short bouts of torpor during coldest times of the year. Torpid individuals have cold body temperatures that require up to ten minutes or more ofwarming before they can fly.	Classified as Near Threatened on The IUCNRed List. Nevertheless, the Coastal Sheath-tailed Bat almost qualified as Vulnerable in the most recent evaluation on The IUCNRed Listixcmse it is highly probable that less than 10,000 mature individuals exist, some recent population declines have been observed, and habitat loss might cause future declines. In Australia, it is potentially threatened by loss of foraging habitat from sand mining and coastal development and disturbance at roosting sites. It is protected in Cape Hillsborough National Park and several other coastal and offshore island protected areas in Australia. Recommended conservation actions include protection of key roosting sites and foraging habitat Additional field studies also are needed to better assess its distribution, abundance, ecology, and threats in Australia and Papua New Guinea.	Bonaccorso (1998) | Churchill (2008) | Duncan et al. (1999) | Richards (2008b) | Strahan (1995)	https://zenodo.org/record/3747924/files/figure.png	11 . Coastal Sheath-tailed Bat Taphozous australis French: Taphien de Gould I German: Küsten-Grabfledermaus I Spanish: Tafozo de Gould Other common names: CoastalTomb Bat, Little Sheath-tailed Bat, North-eastern Sheath-tailed Bat Southern Sheath-tailed Bat Taxonomy . Taphozous australis Gould, 1854 , “ maritime caves in the sandstone cliffs of Albany Island, Cape York [Peninsula] ,” Queensland , Australia . Taphozous australis is in the subgenus Taphozous . Monotypic , Distribution. Papua New Guinea (recorded only at the lower Strickland River in Western Province and Port Moresby in National Capital District) and NE coast of Australia from Cape York Peninsula to Keppel Bay, also on Moa, Possession, and Albany Is in Torres Strait (possibly also on other islands in this area) and Magnetic I and other coastal islands of Queensland. It might have a larger distribution along S coast ofNew Guinea. Descriptive notes. Head—body 78—90 mm, tail 20-29 mm, ear 22—26 mm, hindfoot 10— 14 mm, forearm 63-67 mm; weight 20-30-5 g. Individuals from Papua New Guinea are reportedly weight 20-26 g, but in Australia, adults are reportedly as large as 30-5 g, with larger body mass associated with fat deposition in colder winters of the central northeastern coast ofQueensland. Dorsum fur of the Coastal Sheath-tailed Bat appears grayish brown or gray, with both color morphs often found in a single colony; venter is slightly paler. Bases of hairs on dorsum and venter are white. Fur on underside of forearm is white. Throat pouch, opening to the anterior, is prominent in adult males and rudimentary in females. Radio-metacarpal sacs are present on both sexes. Triangular ear has blunt apex and is heavily pleated with serrations along posterior margin. Tragus is broad, short, and slightly rounded at tip. Antitragus extends nearly to comer of mouth. Large, dark brown irises make eyes conspicuous. Flight membranes are dark brown. Bare parts of facial region, ears, tail, and forearms are brown to reddish brown. Trailing edges of uropatagium when extended are supported by stiff cartilaginous calcars. Skull rises sharply from nasal region to cranium. Weak sagittal crest is present on older individuals. Habitat . Coastal dune scrublands, coastal heathlands, open eucalypt forests, grasslands, monsoon forests, mangroves, and swamps with swamp paperbark ( Melaleuca ericifolia , Myrtaceae ), no more than a few kilometers inland, from sea level to elevations ofc.300 m. Food and Feeding . The Coastal Sheath-tail Bat is insectivorous and includes beetles in its diet. Large beetles are often carried to a night feeding roost or back to the day roost at the end of the night. Discarded insect parts can be found below either type of roost. While foraging, it flies fast and high above forest canopies but also descends closer to the ground in open areas. Breeding . Pregnant Coastal Sheath-tail Bats can be found in September, and births of single young occur in October-November in Australia. Activity patterns. Coastal Sheath-tail Bats are nocturnal and roost in sea caves, rocky areas, crevices, boulder piles, abandoned military bunkers, and old buildings. They emerge from day roosts well after dark. Echolocation call is flat to slightly sloped, and characteristic frequencies are 23—27 kHz. Its echolocation calls, however, are difficult to distinguish from Troughton’s Sheath-tailed Bat ( T. troughtoni ) or Beccari’s Freetailed Bat ( Ozimops beccarii ) where they co-occur. Movements, Home range and Social organization. Most roosting groups ofCoastal Sheathtail Bats consist of less than ten individuals, but larger groups exceeding 100 individuals have been noted, particularly in older published accounts. In winter, Coastal Sheath-tailed Bats can cluster in groups of up to five individuals, but in wanner months, they maintain individual distances of up to 20 cm while roosting. Even in large caves, they roost in well-lit areas and remain alert and quickly take flight if approached too closely, moving to another roosting site or deeper into inaccessible parts of large caves. They can commute up to 15 km from roosts to nightly foraging areas. They have been observed flying between offshore island roosts to the mainland ofAustralia to forage. At the extreme southern end of its distribution near Rockhampton, Australia, they deposit fat in autumn and thereafter enter short bouts of torpor during coldest times of the year. Torpid individuals have cold body temperatures that require up to ten minutes or more ofwarming before they can fly. Status and Conservation . Classified as Near Threatened on The IUCNRed List. Nevertheless, the Coastal Sheath-tailed Bat almost qualified as Vulnerable in the most recent evaluation on The IUCNRed Listixcmse it is highly probable that less than 10,000 mature individuals exist, some recent population declines have been observed, and habitat loss might cause future declines. In Australia, it is potentially threatened by loss of foraging habitat from sand mining and coastal development and disturbance at roosting sites. It is protected in Cape Hillsborough National Park and several other coastal and offshore island protected areas in Australia. Recommended conservation actions include protection of key roosting sites and foraging habitat Additional field studies also are needed to better assess its distribution, abundance, ecology, and threats in Australia and Papua New Guinea. Bibliography. Bonaccorso (1998), Churchill (2008), Duncan eta/. (1999), Richards (2008b), Strahan (1995).	Simmons, N.B. and A.L. Cirranello. 2022B. Bat Species of the World: A taxonomic and geographic database. Accessed on 10/11/2022.	Emballonuridae	Taphozous australis	Taphozous		australis	Gould	1854	0	Mamm. Aust.	p. 3	Coastal Tomb Bat	 fumosus De Vis, 1905.	Australia, Queensland, Albany Isl (off Cape York).	N Queensland (Australia), Torres Strait Isls, SE New Guinea.	Not listed.	Near Threatened	Includes fumosus ; see Troughton (1925) and Chimimba and Kitchener (1991). Tate (1952) included georgianus in this species, but see McKean and Price (1967) and Chimimba and Kitchener (1991). Also see Flannery (1995 a ) and Bonaccorso (1998).	Mammal Diversity Database. (2023). Mammal Diversity Database (Version 1.11) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7830771 released 15 April 2023	Taphozous australis	23	Coastal Sheath-tailed Bat	Coastal Tomb Bat|Little Sheath-tailed Bat|North-eastern Sheath-tailed Bat|Southern Sheath-tailed Bat	Theria	Placentalia	Boreoeutheria	Laurasiatheria	CHIROPTERA	VESPERTILIONIFORMES	NA	NA	EMBALLONUROIDEA	EMBALLONURIDAE	TAPHOZOINAE	NA	Taphozous	Taphozous	australis	Gould	1854	0						"maritime caves in the sandstone cliffs of Albany Island, Cape York [Peninsula]," Queensland, Australia.			australis Gould, 1854|fumosus De Vis, 1905	NA	NA	Papua New Guinea|Australia	Oceania	Australasia/Oceania	NT	0	0	0	Taphozous_australis	0	sciname match	Taphozous_australis	0	IUCN. 2022. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2022-1. https://www.iucnredlist.org. Accessed on [28 September, 2022].	21452	Taphozous australis	ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	MAMMALIA	CHIROPTERA	EMBALLONURIDAE	Taphozous	australis	Gould, 1854		20000000	Taphozous australis	Near Threatened	C1	2021	2020-12-14 00:00:00 UTC	3.1	English	<span class="datalabel1">This species was most recently assessed by Woinarski et al. (2014), and its status is unlikely to have changed since that time. It approaches the thresholds for criterion C1 because of a relatively small population size (estimated to have fewer than 10,000 mature individuals) that is inferred to experience a continuing decline 8–9% over the next 6–7 years (three generations; GL = 2.2 years; Pacifici et al. 2013) due to habitat loss. Population declines may increase in the future with intensifying habitat loss.	This species roosts in sea caves, rocky clefts, rockpiles (e.g. at Cape Melville), old buildings, mines and WWII bunkers. Most roosts are shallow and partially lit. Foraging occurs within a few kilometres of the coast of the mainland, in areas of coastal dune scrubland, paperbark swamps, rainforest, closed and open eucalypt forest, and mangroves. They have been observed foraging above lights near remnant bushland, and up to 15 km from their roosts. Bats from island colonies have been observed to fly 2.5 km to the mainland to forage above mangroves and rainforest in preference to foraging over nearby islands (Woinarski et al. 2014).	<a style="mso-comment-reference:DW_1;mso-comment-date: 20201220T2227"><span class="datalabel1">In the southern part of its range in Australia, this species is threatened by historic and ongoing loss of foraging habitats through sand mining activities, coastal development, and by disturbance of roosting sites (Duncan <span class="datalabel1">et al. 1999). On Cape York Peninsula, there is negligible coastal development and disturbance, so colonies in the northern part of the distribution are likely to be secure.</span></a>	<p>Taphozous australis is generally uncommon, with patchy occurrences across its range. Data are limited, but the species total population size is estimated at less than 10,000 mature individuals in Australia and Papua New Guinea combined. Historic reductions in colony size at roosts near Cape Hillsborough and near Townsville have been noted and an 8–9% population decline inferred for the next 6–7 years based on habitat loss. Colony size is usually around 2–25 individuals, and sometimes up to 100 individuals, though such large colonies have not been reported recently (Woinarski et al. 2014). There is no monitoring program specifically for the Coastal Sheath-tailed Bat. While bat detector surveys have the potential to help define its occurrence, their use may prove to be problematic as the species’ echolocation call is very similar to that of T. troughtoni that occurs in parapatry with T. australis. </p>	Decreasing	<p>This species has been recorded from Australia and Papua New Guinea, with an elevational range between sea level and 300 m asl. In Australia, it is generally restricted to coastal and near-coastal areas in northern and eastern Queensland from Shoalwater Bay to the tip of Cape York Peninsula, and the Torres Strait Islands (Duncan et al. 1999, Richards 2008, Woinarski et al. 2014). Within this range it occurs as a series of colonies in sea caves and rocky coastal clefts. In the southern part of the range it is largely restricted to a 3 km coastal band, but on Cape York Peninsula cave roosts have been detected further inland. Older surveys discovered colonies in more than 100 of 600 sea caves searched between Townsville and Cooktown (Duncan et al. 1999). Area of occupancy may be most appropriately determined by the total number of breeding sites (roost caves), however extensive surveys are needed to fully characterise colony occurrence (Woinarski et al. 2014). Evidence for its presence in Papua New Guinea comes only from three historical records. Dobson’s (1878) record from Port Moresby was suggested to be an erroneous record by Koopman (1982). Two specimens in the Australian Museum collected in the late 1800s by the Royal Geographical Society Expedition do not have an associated collection locality but are likely from the Lower Strickland River that was the focus of the expedition (Flannery 1995, Bonaccorso 1998).</p>		Terrestrial	<span class="datalabel1">It has been recorded from the Hillsborough National Park in Australia, where populations have recently declined, and several other coastal and island national parks. This species is probably most vulnerable at its roosts. There is a need to identify and protect important roosting sites and foraging habitat for this species. Further studies are also needed into of the distribution, genetic population structure, movements while foraging and movements between the mainland coast and offshore islands, abundance, and threats to the species.	Australasian		FALSE	FALSE	Global	Simmons, N. B., & Cirranello, A. L. (2023). Batnames.org Species List Version 1.4 (1.4). Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8136157 	Emballonuridae	Taphozous		australis	Gould	1854	0	Mamm. Aust.	p. 3	Coastal Tomb Bat	 fumosus De Vis, 1905.	Australia, Queensland, Albany Isl (off Cape York).	N Queensland (Australia), Torres Strait Isls, SE New Guinea.	Not listed.	Near Threatened	Includes fumosus ; see Troughton (1925) and Chimimba and Kitchener (1991). Tate (1952) included georgianus in this species, but see McKean and Price (1967) and Chimimba and Kitchener (1991). Also see Flannery (1995 a ) and Bonaccorso (1998).	Taphozous australis	1004818	23	Coastal Sheath-tailed Bat	Coastal Tomb Bat|Little Sheath-tailed Bat|North-eastern Sheath-tailed Bat|Southern Sheath-tailed Bat	Theria	Placentalia	Boreoeutheria	Laurasiatheria	CHIROPTERA	VESPERTILIONIFORMES	NA	NA	EMBALLONUROIDEA	Emballonuridae	TAPHOZOINAE	NA	Taphozous	Taphozous	australis	Gould	1854	0						"maritime caves in the sandstone cliffs of Albany Island, Cape York [Peninsula]," Queensland, Australia.			australis Gould, 1854|fumosus De Vis, 1905	NA	NA				Papua New Guinea|Australia	Oceania	Australasia/Oceania	NT	0	0	0	Taphozous_australis	0	sciname match	Taphozous_australis	0	Burgin, C. J., Zijlstra, J. S., Becker, M. A., Handika, H., Alston, J. M., Widness, J., Liphardt, S., Huckaby, D. G., and Upham, N. S. (2025). How many mammal species are there now? Updates and trends in taxonomic, nomenclatural, and geographic knowledge. Journal of Mammalogy in revision: TBD. https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.02.27.640393	Taphozous_australis	1004818	23	Coastal Sheath-tailed Bat	Coastal Tomb Bat|Little Sheath-tailed Bat|Northeastern Sheath-tailed Bat|Southern Sheath-tailed Bat	Theria	Placentalia	Boreoeutheria	Laurasiatheria	Chiroptera	Yangochiroptera	NA	NA	Emballonuroidea	Emballonuridae	Taphozoinae	NA	Taphozous	NA	australis	J. Gould	0	Taphozous australis	Gould, J. 1854. [Part vi]. Pl. I-13, I-14, I-34, I-36, I-37, I-38, I-40, II-14, II-15, II-63, II-67, II-69, III-13, III-32, III-34 in Gould, J. 1845-1863. Mammals of Australia. In three volumes. John Gould, London.	https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49706078	BMNH:Mamm:1855.11.7.10, BMNH:Mamm:1855.11.7.11	syntypes	https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/194d08ba-aa29-40a2-beb2-caf6e8948a57 | https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/4fd38349-c698-4911-ab4f-8c7b5ad39fa9	"maritime caves in the sandstone cliffs of Albany Island, Cape York [Peninsula]," Queensland, Australia.			NA	NA				Papua New Guinea|Australia	Oceania (Continent)	Australasia	NT	0	0	0	Taphozous_australis	0	sciname match	Taphozous_australis	0	Simmons, N. B., & Cirranello, A. L. (2025). Batnames.org Species List Version 1.7 (1.7). Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14796586	Emballonuridae	Taphozous		australis	Gould	1854	0	Mamm. Aust.	III: plate 32	Coastal Tomb Bat	fumosus De Vis, 1905.	Australia, Queensland, Albany Isl (off Cape York).	N Queensland (Australia), Torres Strait Isls, SE New Guinea.	<a href='https://cites.org/eng/app/appendices.php' target='_blank'>Not Listed</a>	<a href='https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/21452/22112046/' target='_blank'>Near Threatened</a>	Includes fumosus; see Troughton (1925) and Chimimba and Kitchener (1991). Tate (1952) included georgianus in this species, but see McKean and Price (1967) and Chimimba and Kitchener (1991). Also see Flannery (1995a) and Bonaccorso (1998).		Mammal Diversity Database. (2025). Mammal Diversity Database (Version 2.2) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15007505	NA	Taphozous australis; Taphozous australis; Taphozous australis; Taphozous australis; Taphozous australis; Taphozous australis; fumosus; fumosus; australis; fumosus; Coastal Sheath-tailed Bat; Taphien de Gould; Küsten-Grabfledermaus; Tafozo de Gould; CoastalTomb Bat; Little Sheath-tailed Bat; North-eastern Sheath-tailed BatSouthern Sheath-tailed Bat; Coastal Sheath-tailed Bat; Coastal Tomb Bat; Little Sheath-tailed Bat; North-eastern Sheath-tailed Bat; Southern Sheath-tailed Bat; Coastal Tomb Bat; Coastal Tomb Bat; T. australis