Animal Species:Yellow-lipped Bat
Very little is known about Yellow-lipped Bats.They are mostly caught in areas of the Kimberley region that receive more than 800 mm of rainfall per year.
Habitat
Yellow-lipped Bats roost in sandstone and limestone caves. They roost together in colonies of up to 80 bats.
Feeding and Diet
Yellow-lipped Bats feed on insects.
Conservation Status
Yellow-lipped Bats are vulnerable to disturbance by human visitors to cave roosts and changes to feeding areas by agricultural activities.
Classification
- Species:
- douglasorum
- Genus:
- Vespadelus
- Family:
- Vespertilionidae
- Order:
- Chiroptera
- Subclass:
- Eutheria
- Subphylum:
- Vertebrata
- Phylum:
- Chordata
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
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Tags bats, mammals, flying, flight, eutherians, placentals, vertebrates, bats in Australia, identification,