Yellow-bellied Pouched Bat
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The Yellow-bellied Sheath-tailed Bat or Yellow-bellied Pouched Bat, Saccolaimus flaviventris, is a species of sheath-tailed bat in the family Emballonuridae. It is found in Australia
and Papua New Guinea
.
The rare, but fatal to humans, Australian bat lyssavirus
has been discovered in the Yellow-bellied Sheath-tailed Bat.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
and Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea , officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is a country in Oceania, occupying the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and numerous offshore islands...
.
The rare, but fatal to humans, Australian bat lyssavirus
Australian bat lyssavirus
Australian bat lyssavirus is a zoonotic virus closely related to rabies virus. It was first identified in a 5-month old juvenile Black Flying Fox collected near Ballina in northern New South Wales, Australia in 1996 during a national surveillance program for the recently identified Hendra virus...
has been discovered in the Yellow-bellied Sheath-tailed Bat.