Eastern cave bat
| Eastern cave bat | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Vespertilionidae |
| Genus: | Vespadelus |
| Species: | V. troughtoni |
| Binomial name | |
| Vespadelus troughtoni (Kitchener, Jones & Caputi, 1987) | |
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The eastern cave bat or Troughton's forest bat (Vespadelus troughtoni) is a species of vesper bat in the family Vespertilionidae. It is found only in Australia. This bat lives in caves along the east coast of Australia and in adjacent inland ranges.[1]
References
- Chiroptera Specialist Group 1996. Vespadelus troughtoni. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 19 July 2007.
- ↑ Ellis, M. (2001). Extension to the known range of the Eastern Cave Bat Vespadelus troughtoni (Kitchener, Jones and Caputi 1987) into the Brigalow Belt South Bioregion in New South Wales. Australian Bat Society Newsletter. 16:39.
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