Taphozous (Taphozous) australis Gould 1854 Taphozous (Taphozous) australis Gould 1854, Mamm. Aust.: 3. Type Locality: Australia, Queensland, Albany Isl (off Cape York). Vernacular Names: Coastal Tomb Bat. Synonyms: Taphozous (Taphozous) fumosus De Vis 1905. Distribution: N Queensland (Australia), Torres Strait Isls, SE New Guinea. Conservation: IUCN 2003 and IUCN / SSC Action Plan (2001) – Lower Risk (nt). Discussion: Subgenus Taphozous. Includes fumosus; see Troughton (1925) and Chimimba and Kitchener (1991). Tate (1952) included georgianus in this species, but see McKean and Price (1967) and Chimimba and Kitchener (1991). Also see Flannery (1995 a) and Bonaccorso (1998).

Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Chiroptera - Family Emballonuridae, pp. 381-391 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 383, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316519