Last Sunday (12 Mar 2006) I spent nearly five hours looking for bats around
the northern end of the Conondale Ranges, along the lower reaches of the
Little Yabba Creek. The Conondales are about 100 km north of Brisbane,
situated southwest of the town of Kenilworth.
I spent the whole time along the Little Yabba Ck
valley, from its confluence with the Mary River, to the first crossing
upstream from Charlie Moreland Park. Elevation range was about 100 to 160m
ASL. I encountered at least 16 species, listed below.
Flying-fox sp (Pteropus sp)
Eastern Horseshoe Bat (Rhinolophus megaphyllus)
White-striped Freetail Bat (Tadarida australis)
Beccari's Freetail Bat (Mormopterus beccarii)
East-coast Freetail Bat (Mormopterus norfolkensis)
Eastern Freetail Bat (Mormopterus sp) - presumably sp2 of Adams et al.
Gould's Wattled Bat (Chalinolobus gouldii)
Chocolate Wattled Bat (Chalinolobus morio)
Eastern Cave Bat (Vespadelus troughtoni)
Eastern Forest Bat (Vespadelus pumilus)
Large Bentwing Bat (Miniopterus oceanensis)
Little Bentwing Bat (Miniopterus australis)
Large-footed Myotis (Myotis macropus)
Greater Broad-nosed Bat (Scoteanax rueppellii)
Eastern Broad-nosed Bat (Scotorepens orion)
Northern Long-eared Bat (Nyctophilus bifax)
Long-eared Bat (Nyctophilus sp) - presumably N. gouldi
Other mammals encountered:
Squirrel Glider (Petaurus norfolcensis) - heard, but not seen
Red-necked Wallaby (Macropus rufogriseus)
Red-necked Pademelon (Thylogale thetis)
European Hare (Lepus capensis)
Fawn-footed Melomys (Melomys cervinipes)
Chris Corben
www.hoarybat.com
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