Vespadelus sp. (genus)

1 A vesper forest bat at Richlands, NSW

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Identification history

	Vespadelus sp. (genus)	27 Apr 2022	MPennay
	Unverified	27 Apr 2022	srthorn

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trapped inside, but no obvious cause of decease. Bats intrude from time to time, house is on a ridge presumably a flight path

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MPennay wrote:

27 Apr 2022

Thanks, there are several small bats in the family Vespertilionidae that all look very similar and it's hard to distinguish them without taking precise measurements. I can't quite see enough detail to confirm all are the same species, but looking at the ear shape I think it's one of the 3 species of forest bat (genus Vespadelus) that occur locally.

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Location information

Coordinates 149.810928 -34.327628
Altitude 938.0m
Places Richlands, NSW

Sighting information

At least 1 Abundance
16 Mar 2022 09:46 AM Recorded on
srthorn Recorded by
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Mammals Microbats Bats srthorn Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr

Species information

Vespadelus sp. (genus) Scientific name
A vesper forest bat Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 1088.2m Recorded at altitude
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Australian Capital Territory

New South Wales

Queensland

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Western Australia

South Australia

Victoria

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