Species Vespadelus pumilus (J.E. Gray, 1841)
Eastern Forest Bat
- Scotophilus pumilus Gray, J.E. 1841. Contributions towards the geographical distribution of the Mammalia in Australia, with notes on some recently discovered species, in a letter addressed to the Author. Appendix C. pp. 397-414 in Grey, G. (ed.). Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-west and Western Australia During the Years 1837, 38, and 39, Under the Authority of Her Majesty's Government. Describing many newly discovered, important, and fertile districts, with observations on the moral and physical condition of the aboriginal inhabitants, &c. &c. London : T. & W. Boone Vol. 2 vii 482 pp. [Date published Nov. 1841] [398, 400, 406, 413].
Type data:
Lectotype BMNH 41.1523 skin & skull (anterior part only), Yarrundi, NSW.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- McKean, J.L., Richards, G.C. & Price, W.J. 1978. A taxonomic appraisal of Eptesicus (Chiroptera: Mammalia) in Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology 26: 529-537 [533-534]
Generic Combinations
- Vespadelus pumilus (J.E. Gray, 1841).
- Eptesicus pumilus (J.E. Gray, 1841).
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland
IBRA
NSW, Qld: Central Mackay Coast (CMC), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)
Ecological Descriptors
Gregarious, subtropical, volant.
Extra Ecological Information
Roosts include mines, tunnels and buildings.
General References
Fenton, M.B. 1982. Echolocation calls and patterns of hunting and habitat use of bats (Microchiroptera) from Chillagoe, north Queensland. Australian Journal of Zoology 30: 417-425
Friend, G.R. & Braithwaite, R.W. 1986. Bat fauna of Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory. Australian Mammalogy 9: 43-52
Hill. J.E. & Harrison, D.L. 1987. The baculum in the Vespertilionidae (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) with a systematic review, a synopsis of Pipistrellus and Eptesicus, and the description of a new genus and subgenus. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zool. 52: 225-305 (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement transferred to Pipistrellus (Vespadelus) from Eptesicus)
Jones, G. & Corben, C. 1993. Echolocation calls from six species of microchiropteran bats in south-eastern Queensland. Australian Mammalogy 16: 35-38
Kitchener, D.J., Jones, B. & Caputi, N. 1987. Revision of Australian Eptesicus (Microchiroptera: Vespertilionidae). Records of the Western Australian Museum 13: 427-500
Koopman, K.F. 1984. Taxonomic and distributional notes on tropical Australian bats. American Museum Novitates 2778: 1-48
Kulzer, E., Nelson, J.E., McKean, J.L. & Möhres, F.P. 1970. Untersuchungen über die Temperaturregulation australischer Fledermäuse (Microchiroptera). Zeitschrift für Vergleichende Physiologie 69: 426-451
Law, B. & Anderson, J. 2000. Roost preferences and foraging ranges of the eastern forest bat Vespadelus pumilus under two disturbance histories in northern New South Wales, Australia. Austral Ecology 25: 352-367
Maddock, T.H. & McLeod, A.N. 1976. Observations on the Little Brown Bat, Eptesicus pumilus caurinus Thomas, in the Tennant Creek area of the Northern Territory. Part one: Introduction and breeding biology. South Australian Naturalist 50: 42-50
Oliveira, M.C. de 1998. Towards standardized descriptions of the echolocation calls of microchiropteran bats: pulse design terminology for seventeen species from Queensland. The Australian Zoologist 30: 405-411
Richards, G.C. 1983. Eastern Forest Bat Vespadelus pumilus. pp. 541-542 in Strahan, R. (ed.). The Mammals of Australia. The National Photographic Index of Australian Wildlife. Sydney : Reed New Holland 756 pp.
Stephan, H., Nelson, J.E. & Frahm, H.D. 1981. Brain size comparison in Chiroptera. Zeitschrift für Zoologische Systematik und Evolutionsforschung 19: 195-222
Stephan, H. & Nelson, J.E. 1981. Brains of Australian Chiroptera 1. Encephalization and macromorphology. Australian Journal of Zoology 29: 653-670
Tidemann, C.R. 1993. Reproduction in the bats. Vespadelus vulturnus, V. regulus and V. darlingtoni (Microchiroptera: Vespertilionidae) in coastal south-eastern Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology 41: 21-35
Turbill, C., Law, B. & Geiserm F. 2003. Summer torpor in a free-ranging bat from subtropical Australia. Journal of Thermal Biology 28: 223-226
Common Name References
ABRS 2001. Census of Australian Vertebrates. Australian Biological Resources Study. (Eastern Forest Bat)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22-Nov-2010 | 22-Nov-2010 | MOVED | ||
| 04-Dec-2018 | 18-Nov-2010 | MOVED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |