Troughton's sheath-tailed bat (Taphozous troughtoni) is a species of sheathtail bat in the family Emballonuridae found only in Australia. Tate described it in 1952, and its type locality is Rifle Creek near Mount Isa in northwest Queensland. The Mammal Diversity Database places it in the Australasian realm and records its IUCN Red List status as Least Concern. The English Wikipedia article is a short stub, so details of its diet, roosts, habits and population trend are not yet written up in the sources read and remain to be documented, though the Wikipedia article on the family Emballonuridae says that emballonurids feed mainly on insects and occasionally on fruit.
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Source Mammal Diversity Database: Taphozous troughtoni - Mammal Diversity Database
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Source Mammal Diversity Database: Taphozous troughtoni - Mammal Diversity DatabaseCountry distribution, AustraliaQuote, Country distribution, Australia
Country distribution Australia
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1. Mammal Diversity Database: Taphozous troughtoni - Mammal Diversity Database
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IUCN Red List status Least Concern
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Species status Living
Child Taxon Of: Emballonuridae, Taxonomy
Family: Emballonuridae
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is a species of sheathtail bat in the family Emballonuridae, found only in Australia.
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