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Species profile—Vespadelus vulturnus (little forest bat)

Classification

Animalia (animals) → Mammalia (mammals) → Vespertilionidae (Vespertilionid Bats) → Vespadelus vulturnus (little forest bat)

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Species details

Kingdom
Animalia (animals)
Class
Mammalia (mammals)
Family
Vespertilionidae (Vespertilionid Bats)
Scientific name
Vespadelus vulturnus Thomas, 1914
Common name
little forest bat
Type reference
Thomas, O. (1914) New Asiatic and Australasian bats and a new bandicoot. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) 13:439-444.
WildNet taxon ID
929
Synonym(s)
Eptesicus vulturnus
Pipistrellus vulturnus
Eptesicus pumilus
Alternate name(s)
small forest eptesicus
pale eptesicus
vulturine little bat
little brown bat
little bat
Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
Least concern
Conservation significant
No
Endemicity
Native
Pest status
Nil

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Data source

This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0.
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=929.

This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.

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Licence
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Last updated
20 May 2024