Interesting Facts
Common Names
Common Names in English:
Finlayson's Cave Bat, Ray
Description
Habitat
Ecology:
This species inhabits a variety of habitat
types
, being found from
deserts through to tropical
moist areas in the north (Reardon et
al. 2008). It is generally located close to rocky areas with
caves, cracks, and crevices in which the species roosts. It also
roosts in abandoned mines. Females may breed
twice a year and give
birth to a single young, althought about a fifth of births are of
twins (Reardon et al.
2008).[1].
List of Habitats:
- 1 Forest
- 1.5 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Dry
- 2 Savanna
- 2.1 Savanna - Dry
- 3 Shrubland
- 3.5 Shrubland - Subtropical/Tropical Dry
- 4 Grassland
- 4.5 Grassland - Subtropical/Tropical Dry
- 7 Caves and Subterranean Habitats (non-aquatic)
- 7.1 Caves and Subterranean Habitats (non-aquatic) - Caves
- 7.2 Caves and Subterranean Habitats (non-aquatic) - Other Subterranean Habitats
- 8 Desert
- 8.1 Desert - Hot [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:
finlaysoni
- (Kitchener, Jones & Caputi, 1987)
- Scientific name: - Vespadelus finlaysoni (Kitchener, Jones & Caputi, 1987)
- Specific name:
finlaysoni
- (Kitchener, Jones & Caputi, 1987)
- 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 finlaysoni
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
- Reardon, T. B., Milne, D. J., Kutt, A. S. and Armstrong, K. N. 2008. Finlayson's Cave Bat, Vespadelus finlaysoni. In: S. Van Dyck and R. Strahan (eds), The mammals of Australia. Third Edition, pp. 565-566. 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.
- McKenzie, N. & Reardon, T. 2008. Vespadelus finlaysoni. 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: 111702
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13779615
- IUCN ID: 248552
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1018767
Footnotes
- McKenzie, N. & Reardon, T. 2008. Vespadelus finlaysoni. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 05 February 2012. [back]
