Vespadelus pumilus (Eastern Forest Bat)

Common Names

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Common Names in English:

Eastern Forest Bat, Ray

Description

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Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 1,397 meters (0 to 4,583 feet).[1]

Taxonomy

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Domain: Eukaryota () - Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Animalia () - Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
  - Subkingdom: Bilateria () - (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
    - Branch: Deuterostomia () - Grobben, 1908
      - Infrakingdom: Chordonia () - (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
        Phylum: Chordata () - Bateson, 1885 - Chordates
        Subphylum: Vertebrata () - Cuvier, 1812 - Vertebrates
        Infraphylum: Gnathostomata () - Auct. - Jawed Vertebrates
        Superclass: Tetrapoda () - Goodrich, 1930
        Class: Mammalia () - C. Linnaeus, 1758 - Mammals
        Subclass: Theriiformes () - (Rowe, 1988) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
        Infraclass: Holotheria () - (Wible Et Al., 1995) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
        Superlegion: Trechnotheria () - Mckenna, 1975
        Legion: Cladotheria () - Mckenna, 1975
        Sublegion: Zatheria () - Mckenna, 1975
        Infralegion: Tribosphenida () - (Mckenna, 1975) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
        Supercohort: Theria () - (Parker & Haswell, 1897) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
        Cohort: Placentalia () - (Owen, 1837) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
        Magnorder: Epitheria () - (Mckenna, 1975) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
        Superorder: Preptotheria () - (Mckenna, 1975) Mckenna, in Stucky & Mckenna, in Benton, Ed., 1993
        Grandorder: Archonta () - (Gregory, 1910) Mckenna, 1975
        Order: Chiroptera () - Blumenbach, 1779 - Bats
        Suborder: Microchiroptera () - Dobson, 1875
        Infraorder: Yangochiroptera () - Koopman, 1984
        Superfamily: Vespertilionoidea () - (Gray, 1821) Gill, 1872
        Family: Vespertilionidae () - Gray, 1821
        Subfamily: Vespertilioninae ()
        Genus: Vespadelus ()
        Specific name: pumilus - (Gray, 1841)
        Scientific name: - Vespadelus pumilus (Gray, 1841)

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Vespadelus

There are approximately 9 species in this genus:

V. baverstocki (Inland Forest Bat) · V. caurinus (Ray) · V. darlingtoni (Large Forest Bat) · V. douglasorum (Yellow-Lipped Bat) · V. finlaysoni (Finlayson's Cave Bat) · V. pumilus (Eastern Forest Bat) · V. regulus (Southern Forest Bat) · V. troughtoni (Troughton's Forest Bat) · V. vulturnus (Little Forest Bat)

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Notes

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Contributors

Chiroptera Specialist Group 1996. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 19, 2008.
Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed November 25, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 4 providers.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 25, 2007:

OZCAM
Provider, Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums

Identifiers

Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 7548264
Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 14849111
IUCN ID: 7938
Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1018768

Footnotes

Mean = 187.030 meters (613.615 feet), Standard Deviation = 535.130 based on 200 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]