Taphozous australis Gould, 1854 . Mamm. Aust., p. 3.

TYPE LOCALITY: Australia, Queensland, Albany Isl. (off Cape York) .

DISTRIBUTION: N. Queensland; Torres Strait islands; S. E. New Guinea (perhaps accidental).

COMMENT: Includes fumosus; see Troughton, 1925, Rec. Aust. Mus., 14:332. Tate, 1952, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 98: 607, included georgianus in this species, but also see McKean and Price, 1967, Mammalia, 31: 101-119.

ISIS NUMBER: 5301405003009001001.