Order Chiroptera - Family Hipposideridae
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
365
379
book chapter
0-8018-8221-4
10.5281/zenodo.7316519
Rhinonicteris aurantia
(Gray 1845)
[Rhinolophus] aurantius
Gray 1845
,
in: Eyre, Central
Australia
, Vol. 1: 405
.
Type Locality:
Australia
,
Northern Territory
, Port Essington.
Vernacular Names:
Orange Leaf-nosed Bat
.
Distribution:
N
Western Australia
,
Northern Territory
and NW
Queensland
(
Australia
).
Conservation:
IUCN
2003 and
IUCN
/
SSC
Action Plan (2001) – Vulnerable.
Discussion:
Sometimes spelled "
aurantius
", but "
aurantia
" is the correct spelling in combination with
Rhinonicteris
. Reviewed by
Armstrong (2002)
.