Interesting Facts
Common Names
Common Names in English:
Ray, Southern Forest Bat
Description
Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 2,911 meters (0 to 9,551 feet).[1]
Ecology:
This species has been recorded from a wide range
of habitats
including
wet and dry sclerophyll
forest
, shrubland, low shrub
woodland, mixed
temperate
woodland, and mallee
(Tidemann and Law 2008), as well as
remnant vegetation in farmland and in urban areas (L. Lumsden pers.
comm.
). It roosts in tree
hollows and buildings, with colonies of
up to 100 animals recorded (Tidemann and Law 2008). Females give
birth to a single young after a gestation period
of about three months
(Tidemann and Law 2008).[2].
List of Habitats:
- 1 Forest
- 1.4 Forest - Temperate
- 1.5 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Dry
- 3 Shrubland
- 3.4 Shrubland - Temperate
- 3.5 Shrubland - Subtropical/Tropical Dry
- 3.8 Shrubland - Mediterranean-type Shrubby Vegetation
- 14 Artificial/Terrestrial
- 14.1 Artificial/Terrestrial - Arable Land
- 14.5 Artificial/Terrestrial - Urban Areas [more info]
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. 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
- 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
- Suborder:
Microchiroptera
()
- Dobson, 1875
- Infraorder:
Yangochiroptera
()
- Koopman, 1984
- Superfamily:
Vespertilionoidea
()
- (Gray, 1821) Gill, 1872
- Family:
Vespertilionidae
()
- Gray, 1821
- Subfamily:
Vespertilioninae
()
- Genus:
Vespadelus
()
- Specific name:
regulus
- (Thomas, 1906)
- Scientific name: - Vespadelus regulus (Thomas, 1906)
- Specific name:
regulus
- (Thomas, 1906)
- Genus:
Vespadelus
(
- Subfamily:
Vespertilioninae
(
- Family:
Vespertilionidae
(
- Superfamily:
Vespertilionoidea
(
- Infraorder:
Yangochiroptera
(
- Suborder:
Microchiroptera
(
- Order:
Chiroptera
(
- Grandorder:
Archonta
(
- Superorder:
Preptotheria
(
- Magnorder:
Epitheria
(
- Cohort:
Placentalia
(
- Supercohort:
Theria
(
- Infralegion:
Tribosphenida
(
- Sublegion:
Zatheria
(
- Legion:
Cladotheria
(
- Superlegion:
Trechnotheria
(
- Infraclass:
Holotheria
(
- Subclass:
Theriiformes
(
- Class:
Mammalia
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Synonyms
Eptesicus regulus
Notes
The populations west of Adelaide may well be a different species to those to the east (T. Reardon pers. comm. ).[2].
Similar Species
Members of the genus Vespadelus
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 9 species and subspecies in this genus:
V. baverstocki (Inland Forest Bat) · V. caurinus (Northern Cave Bat) · V. darlingtoni (Large Forest Bat) · V. douglasorum (Yellow-Lipped Cave Bat) · V. finlaysoni (Finlayson's Cave Bat) · V. pumilus (Eastern Forest Bat) · V. regulus (Southern Forest Bat) · V. troughtoni (Eastern Cave Bat) · V. vulturnus (Little Forest Bat)
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Further Reading
- Tidemann, C. R. and Law, B. S. 2008. Southern Forest Bat, Vespadelus regulus. In: S. Van Dyck and R. Strahan (eds), The mammals of Australia. Third Edition, pp. 569-570. Reed New Holland, Sydney, Australia.
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 14, 2012.
- IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
- Lumsden, L., Reardon, T. & Pennay, M. 2008. Vespadelus regulus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 05February2012.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 25, 2007:
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2477676
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13779615
- IUCN ID: 248554
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1018769
Footnotes
- Mean = 28.840 meters (94.619 feet), Standard Deviation = 45.720 based on 128,081 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
- Lumsden, L., Reardon, T. & Pennay, M. 2008. Vespadelus regulus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 05 February 2012. [back]
