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title: "White-striped Free-tailed Bat"
description: "Austronomus australis — Zoogdieren. The white-striped free-tailed bat (Austronomus australis) is a species of bat in the family Molossidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/white-striped-free-tailed-bat
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# White-striped Free-tailed Bat

> Austronomus australis — Zoogdieren. The white-striped free-tailed bat (Austronomus australis) is a species of bat in the family Molossidae.

- Scientific name: *Austronomus australis*
- Category: `mammals` (Zoogdieren)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 191
- Wikidata: [Q28154994](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28154994)
- iNaturalist taxon: [765537](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/765537)

## Names

- en: White-striped Free-tailed Bat
- de: Weißstreifen-Bulldoggfledermaus

## Countries with the most observations

AU (126)

## Summary

The white-striped free-tailed bat (Austronomus australis) is a species of bat in the family Molossidae. Its echolocation calls are audible to humans, which is a characteristic found in only a few microbat species.
The species was formerly classified as Tadarida australis.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White-striped_free-tailed_bat

## Photo

![White-striped Free-tailed Bat](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/white-striped-free-tailed-bat/medium.jpg)

Photo: Melissa Doherty · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/114115533

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/white-striped-free-tailed-bat?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).