Order Chiroptera - Family Molossidae Author Wilson, Don E. Author Reeder, DeeAnn text 2005 The Johns Hopkins University Press Baltimore Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1 432 451 book chapter 0-8018-8221-4 10.5281/zenodo.7316519 Mormopterus planiceps Peters 1866 Mormopterus planiceps Peters 1866 , Monatsb. K. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1866: 23 . Type Locality: Australia . Probably New South Wales , Sydney; see Iredale and Troughton (1934) for discussion. Vernacular Names: Southern Free-tailed Bat . Synonyms: Mormopterus petersi Leche 1844 . Distribution: S and C Australia . Conservation: IUCN 2003 and IUCN / SSC Action Plan (2001) – Lower Risk (lc). Discussion: norfolkensis species group. Formerly included loriae , but see Flannery (1995 a ) and Bonaccorso (1998) . See Hill (1961 b ) and Koopman (1984 c ) . This complex may includes at as many as three undescribed species; see Menkhorst and Knight (2001) .