Species Vespadelus vulturnus (Thomas, 1914)
Little Forest Bat
- Eptesicus pumilus vulturnus Thomas, O. 1914. New Asiatic and Australasian bats and a new bandicoot. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 8 13: 439-444 [440].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 7.1.1.375 ♀ skin & skull, TAS. - Vespertilio pygmaeus Becker, L. in Anon. 1858. A small Australian bat. The Argus [Melbourne], No. 3785, July 29th, 1858 p. 5 col. 5. [5] [junior homonym of Vespertilio pygmaeus Leach, 1825; Anon., op. cit. is an abstract of Becker, L. 1859. On an Australian bat. No. 1. Trans. Philos. Inst. Vict. 3: 38–40, pl.1].
Type data:
Holotype whereabouts unknown, Oakleigh, near Dandenong, VIC.Secondary source:
Becker, L. 1859. On an Australian bat. No. 1. Transactions of the Philosophical Institute of Victoria 3: 38-40, pl.1.
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 [534]
Generic Combinations
- Vespadelus vulturnus (Thomas, 1914).
- Pipistrellus vulturnus (Thomas, 1914).
Distribution
States
Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria
IBRA
ACT, NSW, Qld, SA, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Kanmantoo (KAN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)
Ecological Descriptors
Predator, volant, woodland.
Extra Ecological Information
Solitary or social, roosts include old buildings, hibernates.
General References
Adams, M., Baverstock, P.R., Tidemann, C.R. & Woodside, D.P. 1982. Large genetic differences between sibling species of bats, Eptesicus from Australia. Heredity 48: 435-438
Campbell, S., Lumsden, L.F., Kirkwood, R. & Coulson, G. 2005. Day roost selection by female little forest bats (Vespadelus vulturnus) within remnant woodland on Phillip Island, Victoria. Wildlife Research 32: 183-191
Green, R.H. 1965. Observations on the Little Brown Bat Eptesicus pumilus Gray in Tasmania. Records of the Queen Victoria Museum, Launceston ns 20: 1-16
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)
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
Law, B.S., Reinhold, L. & Pennay, M. 2002. Geographic variation in the echolocation calls of Vespadelus spp. (Vespertilionidae) from New South Wales and Queensland, Australia. Acta Chiropterologica 4: 201-215
Lumsden, L.F. & Bennett, A.F. 1995. Bats of a semi-arid environment in south-eastern Australia: Biogeography, ecology and conservation. Wildlife Research 22: 217-240
Taylor, R.J. & O'Neill, M.G. 1986. Composition of the bat communities in Tasmanian forests. Australian Mammalogy 9: 125-130
Thompson, B.G. 1982. Records of Eptesicus vulturnus (Thomas) (Vespertilionidae: Chiroptera) from the Alice Springs area, Northern Territory. Australian Mammalogy 5: 69-70
Tidemann, C.R. 1982. Sex differences in seasonal changes of brown adipose tissue and activity of the Australian vespertilionid bat Eptesicus vulturnus. Australian Journal of Zoology 30: 15-22
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
Tidemann, C.R. 1995. Little Forest Bat Vespadelus vulturnus. pp. 546-547 in Strahan, R. (ed.). The Mammals of Australia: The National Photographic Index of Australian Wildlife. Sydney : Reed New Holland 756 pp.
Tidemann, C.R., Woodside, D.P., Adams, M. & Baverstock, P.R. 1981. Taxonomic separation of Eptesicus (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) in south-eastern Australia by discriminant analysis and electrophoresis. Australian Journal of Zoology 29: 119-128
Woodside, D.P. & Taylor, K.J. 1985. Echolocation calls of fourteen bats from eastern New South Wales. Australian Mammalogy 8: 279-298
Young, R.A. & Ford, G.I. 1998. Range extension of the little forest bat Vespadelus vulturnus (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) into a semi-arid area of central Queensland. The Australian Zoologist 30: 392-397
Common Name References
ABRS 2001. Census of Australian Vertebrates. Australian Biological Resources Study. (Little Forest Bat)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 22-Nov-2010 | 22-Nov-2010 | MOVED | ||
| 04-Dec-2018 | 18-Nov-2010 | MOVED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |