Vespadelus douglasorum

(D. J. Kitchener, 1976)

Yellow-lipped 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

Kitchener, D.J. 1976-10-15. _Eptesicus douglasi_, a new vespertilionid bat from Kimberley, Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 4(3):295-301.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52806351

Original name as described

Eptesicus douglasi

Other common names

Kimberley Cave Bat · Yellow-lipped Bat

Type material

WAM M50190 (= WAM M3405c)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://museum.wa.gov.au/catalogues-beta/digitised-types/mammalogy/vespadelus-douglasorum

Type locality

"Tunnel Creek, Napier Range, Western Australia (17°37'S, 125°09'E)," Australia.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Australia

Taxonomy notes

the original spelling of the specific epithet was 'douglasi', but was emended to 'douglasorum' later; normally, this would be considered an unjustified emendation, but the spelling 'douglasorum' is treated as in prevailing use given that almost no publications have used douglasi since the spelling emendation

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005786

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 douglasi

(D. J. Kitchener, 1976)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

douglasorum

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

as_emended

Type

WAM M50190 (= WAM M3405c)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://museum.wa.gov.au/catalogues-beta/digitised-types/mammalogy/vespadelus-douglasorum

Authority page

296

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52806351

Authority publication

Records of the Western Australian Museum

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:69) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:173) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)

Vespadelus douglasorum

Simmons, 2005

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

douglasorum

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 #7923) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #7923) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:791) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005786) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/7923/209538760) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Eptesicus douglasorum

(D. J. Kitchener, B. Jones, & Caputi, 1987)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

douglasorum

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

justified_emendation

Authority page

452

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53415460

Authority publication

Records of the Western Australian Museum

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