bats

Conservation Council of WA: Bellwethers of Climate Change

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  From http://www.biodiversity2010.org.au/about/grant-recipients-round-3/ The White-striped Bat (Tadarida australis) is one of the largest insectivorous (microbats) in Australia. It is a fast flyer and tracks the open space above the tree canopy. Its speed gives it a wide foraging range and as a result it is one of the few bats routinely encountered over urban areas. …

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The very last Christmas island Pipistrelle bat

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The very last Xmas island Pipistrelle bat was heard on 25 August 2009 with no further ‘sightings’ (hearings) despite intensive efforts to locate the species. At 3 g it was/is the smallest bat in Australia. Writing in January 2009 Dr Lindy Lumsden noted: “Surveys undertaken in the mid-1980s found it to be common and widespread …

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