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Microbat – Dusky Leaf-nosed Bat

Hipposideros ater


Found across tropical northern Australia from nw WA to central Qld coast. Roosts by day in caves, sometimes in tree hollows. Individuals hang separately from roof. Forages for small flying insects in dense forest suggest as rainforest and mangroves but also eucalypt woodland.

A Field Guide to the Mammals of Australia; Menkhurst & Knight

Classifications: Mammal
Family: Leaf-nosed Bats (Hipposideridae)
Information sources: Photo taken at Sugarloaf by Sandra Walters

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