Vespadelus caurinus
(O. Thomas, 1914)
Northern Cave Bat
Taxonomy
| Subclass | : Theria |
| Infraclass | : Placentalia |
| Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
| Superorder | : Laurasiatheria |
| Order | : Chiroptera |
| Suborder | : Vespertilioniformes |
| Superfamily | : Vespertilionoidea |
| Family | : Vespertilionidae |
| Subfamily | : Vespertilioninae |
| Tribe | : Vespertilionini |
| Genus | : Vespadelus |
Species status
Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005
Authority citation
Thomas, O. 1914-04-01. New Asiatic and Australasian bats and a new bandicoot. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8)13(76):439-444.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18641198Original name as described
Eptesicus pumilus caurinus
Other common names
Little Brown Bat · Little Northern Cave Bat · Northern Brown Bat · Western Cave Bat
Type material
BMNH:Mamm:1914.3.9.1
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/cd33ead6-6a7d-4861-8375-6b2d3ed675d6Type locality
"Drysdale, Kimberley, N. Australia [= Western Australia, Australia]."
Biogeographic realm
Australasia
Country distribution
Australia
IUCN Red List status
Least Concern
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