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Species Vespadelus caurinus (Thomas, 1914)

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Species Vespadelus caurinus (Thomas, 1914)

Northern Cave Bat

  • Eptesicus pumilus caurinus Thomas, O. 1914. New Asiatic and Australasian bats and a new bandicoot. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 8 13: 439-444 [439].
    Type data:
     Holotype BMNH 14.3.9.1.10473 ♂ body (wet) & skull, Drysdale River, Kimberley, WA.

 

Distribution

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IBRA

NT, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Kimberley (CK), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Dampierland (DL), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Northern Kimberley (NK), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB)

Ecological Descriptors

Aerial, carnivorous, woodland.

 

General References

Kitchener, D.J., Jones, B. & Caputi, N. 1987. Revision of Australian Eptesicus (Microchiroptera: Vespertilionidae). Records of the Western Australian Museum 13: 427-500

Thomson, B. 1995. Western Cave Bat Vespadelus caurinus. 536 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 (Northern Cave Bat)