Little Pied Bat
Scientific name: Chalinolobus picatus
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Little Pied bat
Flying nighttime
Image: G B Baker
© Australian Museum
© Australian Museum
Fast Facts
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Classification
- Genus
- Chalinolobus
- Species
- picatus
- Family
- Vespertilionidae
- Order
- Chiroptera
- Subclass
- Eutheria
- Subphylum
- Vertebrata
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Kingdom
- Animalia
Introduction
Little Pied Bats have been found roosting in places where the temperature reaches more than 40 degrees Celsius. They must roost in places near water.
Habitat
Little Pied Bats roost in dry caves, mines and disused houses and possibly tree hollows. They roost together in small groups of 20 to 40 bats.
Distribution
Distribution data sourced from the Atlas of Living Australia
Feeding and diet
Little Pied Bats feed on insects, but exact diet is not known.
Economic impacts
Little Pied Bats are vulnerable to disturbance from human visitors to cave roosts, destruction of caves by mining, and loss of feeding habitat by clearing and land degradation from agriculture.
