Vespadelus finlaysoni

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

Finlayson's 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., Jones, B. and Caputi, N. 1987. Revision of Australian Eptesicus (Microchiroptera: Vespertilionidae). Records of the Western Australian Museum 13(4):427-500.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53415464

Original name as described

Eptesicus finlaysoni

Other common names

Inland Cave Bat · Little Brown Bat · Little Cave Eptesicus

Type material

WAM M22407

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Cossack, Western Australia (20°41'S, 117°11'E) at altitude ca. 5 m, from roof of ‘Customs House'," Australia.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Australia

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005787

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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 finlaysoni

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

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

finlaysoni

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

WAM M22407

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

456

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53415464

Authority publication

Records of the Western Australian Museum

Vespadelus finlaysoni

Simmons, 2005

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

finlaysoni

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 #7924) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #7924) (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/1005787) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/7924/22118503) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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