Animal Species:Golden-tipped Bat
Until 1981 it was thought that Golden-tipped Bats were extinct in Australia and only living in Papua New Guinea. However they have since been widely found in eastern Australia but are uncommon.
Habitat
Golden-tipped Bats roost in abandoned hanging birds nests in rainforest, and in tree hollows in rainforest.
Feeding and Diet
Golden-tipped Bats feed almost entirely on orb-weaving spiders. They can hover and fly slowly, which helps them to get through the thick vegetation where they hunt for prey.
Economic/social impacts
Golden-tipped Bats are vulnerable to loss of feeding habitat by forestry operations, and clearing and land degradation from agriculture. Much of its preferred rainforest habitat has already been destroyed.
Classification
- Species:
- papuensis
- Genus:
- Kerivoula
- Family:
- Vespertilionidae
- Order:
- Chiroptera
- Subclass:
- Eutheria
- Subphylum:
- Vertebrata
- Phylum:
- Chordata
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
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