Table 3.
Characteristics of 96 bats of the total 2,633 surveyed that showed evidence of Australian bat lyssavirus infection either by FAT or by RFFIT
| Suborder | Family | Genus | No. of bats tested positive | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| by FAT | by RFFIT | |||
| Pteropodiformes | Hipposideridae | Hipposideros | 1 | |
| Megadermatidae | Macroderma | 1 | ||
| Pteropodidiae | Pteropus | 69 | 12 | |
| Vespertilioniformes | Emballonuridae | Saccolaimus | 5 | 3 |
| Molossidae | Chaerophon | 1 | ||
| Tadarida | 1 | |||
| Vespertilionidae | Vespedalus | 1 | ||
| Chalinolobus | 2 | |||
| Sex | ||||
| Male | 34 | 7 | ||
| Female | 32 | 14 | ||
| Unknown | 8 | 1 | ||
| Age | ||||
| Immature | 12 | 4 | ||
| Mature | 51 | 11 | ||
| Unknown | 11 | 7 | ||
| Sample method | ||||
| Wild‐caught | 18 | |||
| Submitted | 74 | 4 | ||
| Sample location | ||||
| Northern Territory | 5 | |||
| Queensland | 74 | 4 | ||
| Western Australia | 13 | |||
| Sample year | ||||
| 1996 | 6 | 2 | ||
| 1997 | 24 | 1 | ||
| 1998 | 23 | 6 | ||
| 1999 | 4 | |||
| 2000 | 9 | |||
| 2001 | 5 | 13 | ||
| 2002 | 3 | |||
| Total | 74 | 22 | ||
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