Interesting Facts
Common Names
Common Names in English:
Large Forest Bat, Ray
Description
Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 2,911 meters (0 to 9,551 feet).[1]
Ecology:
This species is found in rainforest, wet and dry eucalypt forests
,
subalpine
woodland, and alpine
moors
. It occurs in urban areas and
in remnant farmland vegetation (L. Lumsden and T. Reardon pers. comm.
).
It roosts in tree
hollows in colonies of up to 60 animals (Hoye et
al. 2008). Females give birth to a single young.[2].
List of Habitats
:
- 1 Forest
- 1.4 Forest - Temperate
- 1.6 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland
- 1.9 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane
- 4 Grassland
- 4.7 Grassland - Subtropical/Tropical High Altitude [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:
darlingtoni
- (Allen, 1933)
- Scientific name: - Vespadelus darlingtoni (Allen, 1933)
- Specific name:
darlingtoni
- (Allen, 1933)
- 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 darlingtoni
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)
More Info
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Further Reading
- Hoye, G. A., Herr, A. and Law, B. S. 2008. Large Forest Bat, Vespadelus darlingtoni. In: S. Van Dyck and R. Strahan (eds), The mammals of Australia. Third Edition, pp. 562-563. Reed New Holland, Sydney, New South Wales, 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.
- Pennay, M. & Lumsden, L. 2008. Vespadelus darlingtoni. 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: 7568922
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13779615
- IUCN ID: 248550
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1018765
Footnotes
- Mean = 28.740 meters (94.291 feet), Standard Deviation = 45.800 based on 127,223 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
- Pennay, M. & Lumsden, L. 2008. Vespadelus darlingtoni. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 05 February 2012. [back]
