Vespertilionidae (family)

2 A microbat at Currowan, NSW

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Identification history

	Vespertilionidae (family)	6 Jan 2025	MPennay
	Unverified	9 Apr 2024	UserCqoIFqhZ

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One small bat flying around inside the house. Dark brown fur on back, white shoulder patch on one shoulder. Small ears. No tail.

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MPennay wrote:

6 Jan 2025

Its one of the evening bats (family vespertilionidae) probably a forest bat (Vespadelus spp) but its very hard to ID these species without measuring them. The white spot on the shoulder is an unusual marking specific to that individual bat - its rare to see but some individual bats have white blotches.

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Location information

Coordinates 150.054512 -35.569606
Places Currowan, NSW

Sighting information

1 Abundance
8 Apr 2024 05:54 PM Recorded on
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Additional information

Alive / healthy Animal health

Species information

Vespertilionidae (family) Scientific name
A microbat Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 757.99m Recorded at altitude
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Australian Capital Territory

New South Wales

Queensland

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South Australia

Victoria

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