Species Vespadelus baverstocki (Kitchener, Jones & Caputi, 1987)
Inland Forest Bat
- Eptesicus baverstocki Kitchener, D.J., Jones, B. & Caputi, N. 1987. Revision of Australian Eptesicus (Microchiroptera: Vespertilionidae). Records of the Western Australian Museum 13: 427-500 [481].
Type data:
Holotype WAM M17812 ♂ adult, Yuinmery area, Western Australian Goldfields [28°28'30''S 119°17'15''E].
Distribution
Extra Distribution Information
'widely distrubuted in inland arid parts of Australia in grasslands, savannah and shrub communities'.
IBRA
NSW, NT, Qld, SA, WA: Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Channel Country (CHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), Riverina (RIV), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP)
Ecological Descriptors
Gregarious, volant.
General References
Lumsden, L.F. & Bennett, A.F. 1995. Bats of a semi-arid environment in south-eastern Australia: Biogeography, ecology and conservation. Wildlife Research 22: 217-240
Richards, G.C. 1995. Inland Forest Bat Vespadelus baverstocki. pp. 534-535 in Strahan, R. (ed.). The Mammals of Australia: The National Photographic Index of Australian Wildlife. Sydney : Reed New Holland 756 pp.
Common Name References
ABRS 2001. Census of Australian Vertebrates. Australian Biological Resources Study (Inland Forest Bat)