Description
Little Bentwing Bats are small bats that roost in mine tunnels and caves. They have chocolate-brown fur on their back and light brown fur on their belly. The tail is as long as the body. They gather in large breeding colonies in summer such as Mt. Etna near Rockhampton.
Other Names
Little Long-fingered bat
Size
Head and body length: 39mm - 47mm. Tail length: 39mm - 47mm. Weight: 5g - 8g
Habitat
lowland rainforest, eucalypt forest, paperbark swamps
Food
Bentwing Bats feed at night on flying insects which they find by echolocation.
Breeding
Females give birth to a single young in December each year after a gestation period of 26 - 28 weeks. The newborn bats are born naked and helpless. The mothers leave their young in huge nursery groups at the roost while they hunt for food at night. Young bats are weaned at about 2 months.
Range
Eastern Australia from Cape York to central New South Wales coast.
Credits:
Map is from Atlas of Living Australia website at https://biocache.ala.org.au licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Classification
| Class: | Mammalia | | Order: | Chiroptera | | Family: | Vespertilionidae | | Genus: | Miniopterus | | Species: | australis | | Common Name: | Little Bentwing Bat |
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