Mormopterus planiceps Peters 1866

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Chiroptera - Family Molossidae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 432-451 : 446

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scientific name	Mormopterus planiceps Peters 1866
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Mormopterus planiceps Peters 1866 , Monatsb. K. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1866: 23.

Type Locality: Australia. Probably New South Wales, Sydney; see Iredale and Troughton (1934) for discussion.

Vernacular Names: Southern Free-tailed Bat.

Synonyms: Mormopterus petersi Leche 1844 .

Distribution: S and C Australia.

Conservation: IUCN 2003 and IUCN / SSC Action Plan (2001) – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: norfolkensis species group. Formerly included loriae , but see Flannery (1995 a) and Bonaccorso (1998). See Hill (1961 b) and Koopman (1984 c). This complex may includes at as many as three undescribed species; see Menkhorst and Knight (2001).