Ozimops ridei

Eastern Free-Tailed Bat at Akolele, NSW

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Identification history

Ozimops ridei	7 Jan 2025	MichaelBedingfield
Ozimops ridei	7 Jan 2025	MPennay
Unverified	16 Mar 2020	Ascher

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The photo is a bit strange but it was a microbat that invaded the house, rescued and identified for me by Wires as micronomus norfolkensis or an Eastern freetail bat, female weighing in at 6gm and apparently uninjured.

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MPennay wrote:

7 Jan 2025

This bat is Ozimops ridei

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Location information

Coordinates 150.076125 -36.353564
Altitude 12.0m
Places Akolele, NSW

Sighting information

At least 1 Abundance
16 Mar 2020 09:33 AM Recorded on
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Ascher South Coast NatureMapr Microbats Bats Mammals

Species information

Ozimops ridei Scientific name
Eastern Free-Tailed Bat Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 12m Recorded at altitude
Machine learning
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Synonyms
Mormopterus sp. 2 Mormopterus ridei

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