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, where it lives in caves along the east coast and in adjacent inland ranges.[2]
Eastern cave bat | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Chiroptera |
Family: | Vespertilionidae |
Genus: | Vespadelus |
Species: | V. troughtoni
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Binomial name | |
Vespadelus troughtoni (Kitchener, Jones & Caputi, 1987)
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References
edit- ^ Pennay, M. (2020). "Vespadelus troughtoni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T7944A22119784. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T7944A22119784.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- ^ 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.