Authority citation: Peters, W.C.H. 1866. Über einige neue oder weniger bekannte Flederthiere. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1866:16-25.
Authority publication link: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39052565
Original name as described: Nyctinomus planiceps
Nominal names: wilcoxii (Krefft, 1864) [nomen nudum] | planiceps (W. C. H. Peters, 1866) | wilcoxii (Krefft, 1871) [nomen nudum] | wilcoxii (Krefft, 1873)
Other common names: Southeastern Free-tailed Bat
Taxonomy
Subclass: Theria -- Infraclass: Placentalia -- Order: Chiroptera -- Family: Molossidae -- Subfamily: Molossinae
Type specimen voucher catalogue number: SMF:MAMM:4283
Type locality: "Australien [= Australia]." Restricted by T. Iredale and E. L. G. Troughton in 1934 to "probably Sydney."
Country distribution (coarse map shown below; most species exist in only part of countries): Australia (AUS)
Species Status: This species is currently living, it lives in wild habitats, its taxonomic status is currently accepted, and it is listed in MSW3 2005.
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species status: Least concern
Species-specific notes: previously included O. petersi; moved from Mormopterus to Ozimops
Citation: Reardon, T. B., McKenzie, N. L., Cooper, S. J. B., Appleton, B., Carthew, S., & Adams, M. (2014). A molecular and morphological investigation of species boundaries and phylogenetic relationships in Australian free-tailed bats Mormopterus (Chiroptera: Molossidae). Australian journal of zoology, 62(2), 109-136.|Jackson, S. M., & Groves, C. (2015). Taxonomy of Australian mammals. CSIRO Publishing, Austalia, Clayton.
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