Skip links and keyboard navigation

Species profile—Vespadelus finlaysoni (Finlayson's cave bat)

Classification

Animalia (animals) → Mammalia (mammals) → Vespertilionidae (Vespertilionid Bats) → Vespadelus finlaysoni (Finlayson's cave bat)

Sighting data

Download
KML | CSV | GeoJson

Species details

Kingdom
Animalia (animals)
Class
Mammalia (mammals)
Family
Vespertilionidae (Vespertilionid Bats)
Scientific name
Vespadelus finlaysoni Kitchener, Jones & Caputi, 1987
Common name
Finlayson's cave bat
Type reference
Kitchener, D.J. Jones, B., and Caputi, N. (1987) Revision of Australian Eptesicus (Microchiroptera: Vespertilionidae). Rec. West. Aust. Mus. 13:427-500.
WildNet taxon ID
924
Synonym(s)
Pipistrellus finlaysoni
Scotophilus pumilus
Eptesicus pumilus
Eptesicus finlaysoni
Alternate name(s)
inland forest bat
little brown bat
little cave eptesicus
inland cave bat
Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
Least concern
Conservation significant
No
Endemicity
Native
Pest status
Nil

Other resources

Data source

This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0.
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=924.

This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.

More species information

Get a list of species for your area or find other wildlife information.

Licence
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Last updated
20 May 2024