Evening Bats - Family: Vespertilionidae
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Subfamily: Kerivoulinae
Golden-tipped Bat - Phoniscus papuensis
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Subfamily: Myotinae
Large-footed Myotis - Myotis macropus
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Subfamily: Vespertilioninae
Tribe: Hypsugine
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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Eastern False Pipistrelle - Falsistrellus tasmaniensis
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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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Tribe: Nycticeiini
Rueppell's Broad-nosed Bat - Scoteanax rueppellii
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Inland Broad-nosed Bat - Scotorepens balstoni
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Little Broad-nosed Bat - Scotorepens greyii
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Eastern Broad-nosed Bat - Scotorepens orion
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Tribe: Nyctophilini
Eastern Long-eared Bat - Nyctophilus bifax
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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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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
> Species: P. papuensis - Golden-tipped Bat
> Subfamily: Myotinae (Mouse-eared Bats)
> Genus: Myotis
> Species: M. macropus - Large-footed Myotis
> Subfamily: Vespertilioninae (Vesper Bats)
> Tribe: Hypsugine
> Genus: Chalinolobus
> Species: C. dwyeri - Large Pied Bat
> Species: C. gouldii - Gould's Wattled Bat
> Species: C. morio - Chocolate Wattled Bat
> Species: C. nigrogriseus - Hoary Wattled Bat
> Genus: Falsistrellus
> Species: F. tasmaniensis - Eastern False Pipistrelle
> Genus: Vespadelus
> 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
> Tribe: Nycticeiini
> Genus: Scoteanax
> Species: S. rueppellii - Rueppell's 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: Nyctophilini
> Genus: Nyctophilus
> Species: N. bifax - Eastern Long-eared Bat
> Species: N. geoffroyi - Lesser Long-eared Bat
> Species: N. gouldi - Gould's Long-eared 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/
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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