A leaf-nosed bat endemic to northern Australia that flies with a slow, fluttering wingbeat, though capable of changing direction rapidly when pursuing prey.
Long greyish-brown fur and a complex nasal structure characteristic of the genus; its slow, fluttering flight distinguishes it in the air from faster insectivorous bats in its range.
The Northern Roundleaf Bat roosts in caves, sandstone cliff crevices and abandoned mines; it remains unclear whether it forms colonies or roosts individually.
Sandstone escarpments of northern Australia.
Insectivorous; hunts in slow, highly manoeuvrable flight using echolocation.
It flies with a slow, almost butterfly-like wingbeat, but can change direction quickly when pursuing prey; it roosts in caves, rock crevices and sandstone mines.
Population declining due to the degradation of its sandstone escarpment habitat in northern Australia; considered vulnerable.
Altered fire regimes, and degradation of the sandstone habitat on which it depends.
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