Troughton's Sheathtail Bat ...

Family: Emballonuridae
Scientific name: Taphozous troughtoni
Where they roost:
Caves and mines.
What they eat:
Their diet is not known.
Conservation threats:
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.
Other information:
These bats are known from only a few specimens from three sites near Mt Isa. Very little is known about them. The last known site was destroyed by mining operations.
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