Vespadelus finlaysoni

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Conservation Actions

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	MAMMALIA	CHIROPTERA	VESPERTILIONIDAE

Scientific Name:

Vespadelus finlaysoni

Species Authority:

(Kitchener, Jones & Caputi, 1987)

Common Name/s:

English

–

Finlayson's Cave Bat

Synonym/s:

Eptesicus finlaysoni Kitchener, Jones & Caputi, 1987

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Least Concern ver 3.1

Year Published:

2008

Assessor/s:

McKenzie, N. & Reardon, T.

Reviewer/s:

Lamoreux, J. (Global Mammal Assessment Team), Racey, P.A., Medellín, R. & Hutson, A.M. (Chiroptera Red List Authority)

Contributor/s:

Justification:
This species is listed as Least Concern in view of its wide distribution, occurrence in a number of protected areas, tolerance of a broad range of habitats, large population, and because it is not believed to be declining.

History:

1996

–

Lower Risk/least concern (Baillie and Groombridge 1996)

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	This species is widespread across much of Australia.
Countries:	Native: Australia (Northern Territory, South Australia, Western Australia)
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Population [top]

Population:	It is an abundant species (Reardon et al. 2008).
Population Trend:	Stable

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	This species inhabits a variety of habitat types, being found from deserts through to tropical moist areas in the north (Reardon et al. 2008). It is generally located close to rocky areas with caves, cracks, and crevices in which the species roosts. It also roosts in abandoned mines. Females may breed twice a year and give birth to a single young, althought about a fifth of births are of twins (Reardon et al. 2008).
Systems:	Terrestrial

Habitat and Ecology:

This species inhabits a variety of habitat types, being found from deserts through to tropical moist areas in the north (Reardon et al. 2008). It is generally located close to rocky areas with caves, cracks, and crevices in which the species roosts. It also roosts in abandoned mines. Females may breed twice a year and give birth to a single young, althought about a fifth of births are of twins (Reardon et al. 2008).

Systems:

Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	There appear to be no major threats to this species.

Major Threat(s):

There appear to be no major threats to this species.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	It occurs in a number of protected areas.

Conservation Actions:

It occurs in a number of protected areas.

Citation:	McKenzie, N. & Reardon, T. 2008. Vespadelus finlaysoni. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 20 May 2013.
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