Vespadelus regulus

(O. Thomas, 1906)

Southern 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

Thomas, O. 1906-10-10. On mammals collected in south-west Australia for Mr. W.E. Balston. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1906(3):468-478.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31208181

Original name as described

Pipistrellus regulus

Other common names

King River Little Bat · King River Pipistrelle · Little Bat

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1906.8.1.18

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/51ce6bae-b18b-4e59-8df2-eba133465a2f

Type locality

"King River … near Albany, King George's Sound [Western Australia, Australia]. Sea-level."

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Australia

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005789

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.

Pipistrellus regulus

(O. Thomas, 1906)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

regulus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1906.8.1.18

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/51ce6bae-b18b-4e59-8df2-eba133465a2f

Authority page

470

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31208181

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Eptesicus regulus

(Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

regulus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

70

Authority publication

London

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)

Vespadelus regulus

Simmons, 2005

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

regulus

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 #7939) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #7939) (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/1005789) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/7939/209533051) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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