Species Vespadelus darlingtoni (Allen, 1933)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Eptesicus darlingtoni Allen, G.M. 1933. Two new bats from Australia. Journal of Mammalogy 14: 149-151 [150].

  Type data:

   Holotype MCZ 29113 ♀ skin & skull, Macpherson Range, Queensland Natl. Park, QLD 3000 ft.
• Eptesicus sagittula 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 [535].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANWC CM2290 ♂ skin & skull, 13 km NW of Braidwood, NSW [35°21'S 149°44'E].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Kitchener, D.J., Jones, B. & Caputi, N. 1987. Revision of Australian Eptesicus (Microchiroptera: Vespertilionidae). Records of the Western Australian Museum 13: 427-500 [462]

Generic Combinations

• Vespadelus darlingtoni (Allen, 1933).

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Ben Lomond (BEL), Flinders (FLI), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Ecological Descriptors

Closed forest, gregarious, montane, open forest, volant, woodland.

Extra Ecological Information

Restricted to montane areas above 300m in north of range.

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 (as E. saggitula)

Herr, A. & Klomp, N.I. 1999. Preliminary investigation of roosting habitat preference of the large forest bat Vespadelus darlingtoni (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae). Pacific Conservation Biology 5: 203-213

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)

Hoye, G.A. 1995. Large Forest Bat Vespadelus darlingtoni. pp. 537-538 in Strahan, R. (ed.). The Mammals of Australia: The National Photographic Index of Australian Wildlife. Sydney : Reed New Holland 756 pp.

Koopman, K.F. 1984. Taxonomic and distributional notes on tropical Australian bats. American Museum Novitates 2778: 1-48 (as E. saggitula)

Savva, N. & Taylor, R. 1986. Bat remains in a Tasmanian cave. Macroderma 1: 21-22 (as E. saggitula)

Taylor, R.J. & O'Neill, M.G. 1986. Composition of the bat communities in Tasmanian forests. Australian Mammalogy 9: 125-130 (as E. saggitula)

Taylor, R.J. & Savva, N.M. 1988. Use of roost sites by four species of bats in state forest in south-eastern Tasmania. Australian Wildlife Research 15: 637-645 (as E. sagittula)

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., 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 (as E. saggitula)

Woodside, D.P. & Taylor, K.J. 1985. Echolocation calls of fourteen bats from eastern New South Wales. Australian Mammalogy 8: 279-298 (as E. saggitula)

Common Name References

ABRS 2001. Census of Australian Vertebrates. Australian Biological Resources Study. (Large Forest Bat)

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