Cape york free-tailed bat
Ozimops halli, also referred to as the Cape York free-tailed bat, is a species of molossid bat found at the Cape York Peninsula in Australia.
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starts withOzimops lumsdenae is a larger microbat, insectivorous flying mammals, which is robust in appearance and the second largest of its genus. The length of the forearm is 31 to 35 millimetres and weight is around 9 grams. The colour of the pelage is a rich or orange brown, the frequent contrast of front and back related species is indistinct and O. halli is almost uniform in colour. There is a yellowish hue in hair at the side of the neck. The skin is very dark brown, evident at the snout, ears and the patagium across the wings.
The records for Ozimops halli, which number around a dozen, are in separate localities in the north of Queensland. The known records are separated by around 500 kilometres, in a region poorly surveyed for bat populations, and it may be widespread or occur in isolated colonies. The established range is within or nearby to the type location, the conservation area Oyala Thumotang NP. Surveys of the distribution range would be assisted by analysis of the characteristics of the species echolocation call.
The species is known from specimens captured by mist nets laid near bodies of water in open vegetation of eucalypt woodlands. They are presumed to inhabit tree hollows as this is the habit of sympatric species and those in similar habitat.
The species may occur with others of the genus Ozimops, it is recorded in sympatry with Ozimops ridei and probably O. lumsdenae.
The conservation status of Ozimops halli is data deficient at the entry in the IUCN redlist, which notes the stability of the population as unknown.
