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Species Vespadelus regulus (Thomas, 1906)

Southern Forest Bat

 

Generic Combinations

  • Vespadelus regulus (Thomas, 1906).
  • Eptesicus regulus (Thomas, 1906).

 

Distribution

States

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


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Coolgardie (COO), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Mallee (MAL), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), 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), Warren (WAR)

Ecological Descriptors

Aerial, gregarious, predator, volant, woodland.

 

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

Hill, J.E. 1966. The status of Pipistrellus regulus Thomas (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae). Mammalia 30: 302-307

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)

Hosken, D.J., Blackberry, M.A., Stewart, T.B. & Stucki, A.F. 1998. The male reproductive cycle of three species of Australian vespertilionid bat. Journal of Zoology, London 245: 261-270

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

Kitchener, D.J. & Halse, S.A. 1978. Reproduction in female Eptesicus regulus (Thomas) (Vespertilionidae), in South-western Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology 26: 257-267

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

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

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

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

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

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. Southern Forest Bat Vespadelus regulus. pp. 543-544 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

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
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)