Vespadelus darlingtoni

(G. M. Allen, 1933)

Large Forest 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

Allen, G.M. 1933-05. Two new bats from Australia. Journal of Mammalogy 14(2):149-151.

Authority publication link

https://www.jstor.org/stable/1374021

Original name as described

Eptesicus darlingtoni

Other common names

Large Forest Eptesicus · Large Forest Vespadelus

Type material

MCZ:Mamm:29113

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Mamm:29113

Type locality

13 km NW Braidwood, New South Wales, Australia.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Australia

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005785

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Eptesicus sagittula

(McKean, G. C. Richards, & W. J. Price, 1978)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

sagittula

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

CSIRO CM 2290

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

535

Authority publication

Australian Journal of Zoology

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:70) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:175) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Eptesicus darlingtoni

(G. M. Allen, 1933)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

darlingtoni

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MCZ:Mamm:29113

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Mamm:29113

Authority page

150

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalogy

Vespadelus darlingtoni

Simmons, 2005

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

darlingtoni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #7920) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #7920) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:794) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005785) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/7920/209532370) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Pipistrellus (Vespadelus) sagittula

(O'Brien, Menninger, & W. G. Nash, 2006)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

sagittula

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

432

Authority publication

Hoboken

Name usages

O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:432) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)

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