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Elected representatives in government are in charge of the policy and funding that can make or break saving threatened species. Their decisions and actions matter.

Barker has or used to have 48 threatened animals within its boundaries. One of them is me, the Southern Bent-wing Bat.

We took care to attach appropriate images that are as close to representative of each species as our resources and the availability of images allowed. However, we could not ensure perfect accuracy in every case. Some images show species that share the same genus but not at the species or subspecies level.

Photo of Southern Bent-wing Bat

Southern Bent-wing Bat

Miniopterus orianae bassanii

Status: Critically Endangered

The Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act) lists threatened species under six categories:
Extinct, Extinct in the wild, Critically Endangered, Endangered, Vulnerable, Conservation dependent. Read more about these categories

Miniopterus orianae bassanii is found across 3 electorates.

The Southern Bent-wing Bat is an insectivorous cave dwelling bat. The subspecies has dark reddish-brown to dark-brown fur on the back, grey-brown fur underneath and pale brown areas of bare skin. It has a distinctive short muzzle, a high crowned/domed head and small eyes. The ears are short, rounded and roughly triangular. Head and body length is 52–58 mm, with a forearm length of 45–49 mm. It has the longest wing length of all the Vespertilionidae, being nearly two and half times longer than the head and body. The last phalanx on the third finger of the wing is about four times the length of the middle phalanx, giving a bent wing appearance.¹

Explore more about this species on the Atlas of Living Australia

Invasive species and diseasesInvasive species and diseases

Overexploitation and other direct harm from human activitiesOverexploitation and other direct harm from human activities

Explore more about the threats facing species on our Resources page.

Barker has or used to have 54 threatened plants found within its boundaries. Some of these might not be as photogenic as the Southern Bent-wing Bat but they're just as important.

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