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Evening  Bats  -  Family:  Vespertilionidae


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​Subfamily:   Kerivoulinae

      Golden-tipped Bat  -  Phoniscus papuensis

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​Subfamily:   Myotinae
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Genus:  Myotis  >  Subgenus: Myotis (Myotis)
      Southern Myotis  -  Myotis macropus


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​Subfamily:   Vespertilioninae
​Tribe:  Eptesicini

      Greater Broad-nosed Bat  -  Scoteanax rueppellii
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      Inland Broad-nosed Bat  -  Scotorepens balstoni

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      Little Broad-nosed Bat  -  Scotorepens greyi

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      Eastern  Broad-nosed Bat  -  Scotorepens orion

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Tribe:  Vespertilionini

      Large-eared Pied Bat  -  Chalinolobus dwyeri  

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      Gould's Wattled Bat  -  Chalinolobus gouldii

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      Chocolate Wattled Bat  -  Chalinolobus morio

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            Hoary Wattled Bat  -  Chalinolobus nigrogriseus

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     Little Pied Bat  -  Chalinolobus pictatus​

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      Eastern False Pipistrelle  -  Falsistrellus tasmaniensis

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      Eastern Long-eared Bat  -  Nyctophilus bifax

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      South-eastern Long-eared Bat  -  Nyctophilus corbeni

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      Lesser Long-eared Bat  -  Nyctophilus geoffroyi

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      Gould's Long-eared Bat  -  Nyctophilus gouldi

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      Large Forest Bat  -  Vespadelus darlingtoni

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      Eastern  Forest  Bat  -  Vespadelus pumilus

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      Southern Forest Bat  -  Vespadelus regulus

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      Eastern Cave Bat  -  Vespadelus troughtoni

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      Little Forest Bat  -  Vespadelus vulturnus

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​Taxonomy:
 
Phylum:   Chordata    
 (Chordates)     
          > Subphylum:     Vertebrata     (Vertebrates) 
               > Class:   Mammalia     (Mammals)
                    > Subclass:   Theria     (Live-bearing  Mammals)
                         > Infraclass:   Placentalia     (Placental  Mammals)
                                   > Superorder:   Laurasiatheria     (Ungulates,  Carnivores  and  Allies)
​                                        > Order:   Chiroptera     (Bats)
                                             > Suborder:   Yangochiroptera   
                                                       > Superfamily:   Vespertilionoidea    (Vespertilionoid  Bats)   
                                                            > Family:   Vespertilionidae    (Evening / Vesper  Bats)  
                                                                 > Subfamily:   Kerivoulinae    (Woolly  and  Trumpet-eared  Bats)    
                                                                           > Genus:   Phoniscus   (Trumpet-eared Bats)
                                                                                          > Species:   P. papuensis  -  Golden-tipped Bat
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                                                                 > Subfamily:   Myotinae    (Mouse-eared  Bats)   
                                                                           > Genus:   Myotis 
                                                                                > Subgenus:  Myotis (Myotis)
                                                                                          > Species:   M. (Myotis) macropus  -  Southern Myotis 

                                                                 > Subfamily:   Vespertilioninae    (Vesper  Bats)  
                                                                      > Tribe:   Eptesicini
                                                                           > Genus:   
Scoteanax
                                                                                          > Species:   S. rueppellii  -  Greater Broad-nosed Bat  
                                                                           > Genus:   Scotorepens
                                                                                          > Species:   S. balstoni  -  Inland Broad-nosed Bat 
                                                                                          > Species:   S. greyii  -  Little Broad-nosed Bat 
                                                                                          > Species:   S. orion  -  Eastern Broad-nosed Bat
                                                                      > Tribe:   Vespertilionini  
                                                                           > Genus:   Chalinolobus   (Wattled Bats)
                                                                                          > Species:   C. dwyeri  -  Large-eared Pied Bat
                                                                                          > Species:   C. gouldii  -  Gould's Wattled Bat
                                                                                          > Species:   C. morio  -  Chocolate Wattled Bat
                                                                                          > Species:   C. nigrogriseus  -  Hoary Wattled Bat
                                                                                          > Species:   C. pictatus  -  Little Pied Bat
                                                                           > Genus:   Falsistrellus    (False Pipistrelles)
                                                                                          > Species:   F. tasmaniensis  -  Eastern False Pipistrelle
                                                                           > Genus:   Nyctophilus    (Australian Long-eared Bats)
                                                                                          > Species:   N. bifax  -  Eastern Long-eared Bat 
                                                                                          > Species:   N. corbeni  -  South-eastern Long-eared Bat
                                                                                          > Species:   N. geoffroyi  -  Lesser Long-eared Bat      
                                                                                          > Species:   N. gouldi  -  Gould's Long-eared Bat
                                                                           > Genus:   Vespadelus    (Australian Cave and Forest Bats)
                                                                                          > Species:   V. darlingtoni  -  Large Forest Bat  
                                                                                          > Species:   V. pumilus  -  Eastern Forest Bat
                                                                                          > Species:   V. regulus  -  Southern Forest Bat
                                                                                          > Species:   V. troughtoni  -  Eastern Cave Bat
                                                                                          > Species:   V. vulturnus  -  Little Forest Bat 


References  and  links:

      Churchill, Sue,   (2008)   Australian Bats  2nd Edition.   Jacana Books,  Crows Nest,   N.S.W.    
      Richards, Greg and Hall, Les,   (2012)   A Natural History of Australian Bats, Working the Night Shift.   CSIRO Publishing,   Collingwood,   Victoria. 

      Strahan, L. (Editor in Chief), (1983),  The National Photographic Index of Australian Wildlife:  The Complete Book of Australian Mammals,  Angus and Robertson, Melbourne.     
     
Van Dyck, Steve, Gynther, Ian. and Baker, Andrew.  (2013)   Field Companion to the Mammals of Australia,  New Holland Publishers, Chatswood, N.S.W.
     
Walton, D.W. & Richardson, B.J. (eds), (1989). Fauna of Australia. Vol. 1B Mammalia. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra.



​      https://www.environment.gov.au/system/files/pages/a117ced5-9a94-4586-afdb-1f333618e1e3/files/42-ind.pdf
      https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Vespertilionidae/
      https://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/threatenedspeciesapp/profile.aspx?id=10549
​      https://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/threatenedspeciesapp/profile.aspx?id=10444
​      https://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/ThreatenedSpeciesApp/profile.aspx?id=10158
​      http://www.allaboutbats.org.au/eastern-falsistrelle/
​      https://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/threatenedSpeciesApp/profile.aspx?id=10829
      https://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/threatenedspeciesapp/profile.aspx?id=10828
​      http://www.allaboutbats.org.au/greater-broad-nosed-bat/
      http://www.allaboutbats.org.au/little-broad-nosed-bat/
​      https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Nyctophilus_geoffroyi/
      http://www.allaboutbats.org.au/corbens-long-eared-bat/



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