Southern Forest Bat

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Southern Forest Bat

Southern Forest Bat

Vespadelus regulus


Roosts in tree hollows and buildings in colonies of up to 100. Males generally roost alone except during the mating period. A single young is born in November-December.


Details Description
Type
Mammal
Group
Placental
Identifying Characteristics

Reddish brown fur on the back with paler grey underparts. The tail is enclosed in the tail membrane. Weight 3.6-7.0 g.

Distinctive Markings

The fur is distinctly bicoloured, darker at the base. The ears and wings are grey.

Diet

Carnivore. Flies, moths, beetles, bugs and ants.

Habitat

Open woodland, wet and dry sclerophyll forest, shrubland, mixed temperate woodland, mallee and rainforest.

Native Status
Native to Australia
Taxonomy
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Mammalia
Order
Chiroptera
Family
Vespertilionidae
Genus
Vespadelus
Species
regulus
Southern Forest Bat
Coastal and subcoastal southern Australia from south east Queensland to Eyre Peninsula in South Australa, including Tasmania and Kangaroo Island, and south-western Australia.

Distribution maps indicate current and historic locations where species have been sighted.

Source: Atlas of Living Australia

Conservation Status
DEPI Advisory List
Not listed
FFG Act
Not listed
EPBC Act
Not listed

The conservation status of species is listed within Victoria and Australia.

The Department of Environment and Primary Industry (DEPI) Advisory List consists of non-statutory advisory lists of rare or threatened flora and fauna within Victoria.

The Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1988 (FFG Act) lists threatened species in Victoria. Under the Act, an Action Statement is produced for each listed species.

The Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act) is the Australian Government’s key piece of environmental legislation, listing nationally threatened native species and ecological communities.