Vespadelus sp. (genus)
A vesper forest bat at Holder, ACT
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| Vespadelus sp. (genus) | MPennay | 23 Mar 2024 | |
| Unverified | Seh | 21 Mar 2024 |
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User's notes
Size was slightly smaller than a mouse. Second day in a row I'd opened the umbrella and this little guy was there. Flew off into nearby cherry trees both times.
5 comments
23 Mar 2024
23 Mar 2024
It's one of the small forest bats, genus Vespadelus there are 3 species in the Canberra region they all look very similar and need clear photos and precise measurements to get down to individual species IDs (mere millimetres seperate them).
Location information
- Places Holder, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- Seh Recorded by
- Unknown Gender
- Alive / healthy Animal health
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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
Record quality
Quality score
6 / 7
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