Species Vespadelus regulus (Thomas, 1906)
Southern Forest Bat
- Pipistrellus regulus Thomas, O. 1906. On mammals collected in south-west Australia for Mr. W.E. Balston. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1906: 468-478 [publication date established from Duncan (1937: 76)] [470].
Type data:
Lectotype BMNH 6.8.1.18 skull and probably BMNH 6.8.1.6 ♂ skin (specimen BMNH 6.8.1.6 is Vespertilio pumilus Gray specimen 2 of Thomas, loc. cit.), ?King River, King George Sound, WA near sea-level.
Distribution
IBRA
ACT, NSW, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Coolgardie (COO), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Mallee (MAL), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR)
Ecological Descriptors
Aerial, gregarious, predator, volant, woodland.
General References
Adams, M., Baverstock, P.R., Tidemann, C.R. & Woodside, D.P. 1982. Large genetic differences between sibling species of bats, Eptesicus from Australia. Heredity 48: 435-438
Hill, J.E. 1966. The status of Pipistrellus regulus Thomas (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae). Mammalia 30: 302-307
Hill. J.E. & Harrison, D.L. 1987. The baculum in the Vespertilionidae (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) with a systematic review, a synopsis of Pipistrellus and Eptesicus, and the description of a new genus and subgenus. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zool. 52: 225-305 (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement transferred to Pipistrellus (Vespadelus) from Eptesicus)
Hosken, D.J., Blackberry, M.A., Stewart, T.B. & Stucki, A.F. 1998. The male reproductive cycle of three species of Australian vespertilionid bat. Journal of Zoology, London 245: 261-270
Kitchener, D.J. & Halse, S.A. 1978. Reproduction in female Eptesicus regulus (Thomas) (Vespertilionidae), in South-western Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology 26: 257-267
Kitchener, D.J., Jones, B. & Caputi, N. 1987. Revision of Australian Eptesicus (Microchiroptera: Vespertilionidae). Records of the Western Australian Museum 13: 427-500
Koopman, K.F. 1984. Taxonomic and distributional notes on tropical Australian bats. American Museum Novitates 2778: 1-48
Law, B.S., Reinhold, L. & Pennay, M. 2002. Geographic variation in the echolocation calls of Vespadelus spp. (Vespertilionidae) from New South Wales and Queensland, Australia. Acta Chiropterologica 4: 201-215
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
McKean, J.L., Richards, G.C. & Price, W.J. 1978. A taxonomic appraisal of Eptesicus (Chiroptera: Mammalia) in Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology 26: 529-537
Savva, N. & Taylor, R. 1986. Bat remains in a Tasmanian cave. Macroderma 1: 21-22
Taylor, R.J. & O'Neill, M.G. 1986. Composition of the bat communities in Tasmanian forests. Australian Mammalogy 9: 125-130
Taylor, R.J. & Savva, N.M. 1988. Use of roost sites by four species of bats in state forest in south-eastern Tasmania. Australian Wildlife Research 15: 637-645
Tidemann, C.R. 1993. Reproduction in the bats. Vespadelus vulturnus, V. regulus and V. darlingtoni (Microchiroptera: Vespertilionidae) in coastal south-eastern Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology 41: 21-35
Tidemann, C.R. 1995. Southern Forest Bat Vespadelus regulus. pp. 543-544 in Strahan, R. (ed.). The Mammals of Australia: The National Photographic Index of Australian Wildlife. Sydney : Reed New Holland 756 pp.
Tidemann, C.R., Woodside, D.P., Adams, M. & Baverstock, P.R. 1981. Taxonomic separation of Eptesicus (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) in south-eastern Australia by discriminant analysis and electrophoresis. Australian Journal of Zoology 29: 119-128
Woodside, D.P. & Taylor, K.J. 1985. Echolocation calls of fourteen bats from eastern New South Wales. Australian Mammalogy 8: 279-298
Common Name References
ABRS 2001. Census of Australian Vertebrates. Australian Biological Resources Study (Southern Forest Bat)