The eastern false pipistrelle (''Falsistrellus tasmaniensis'') is a vesper bat that occurs in eastern and south-eastern Australia, including the island of

Tasmania ) , nickname = , image_map = Tasmania in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of Tasmania in AustraliaCoordinates: , subdivision_type = Country , subdi ...

Taxonomy

A species of genus ''

Falsistrellus ''Falsistrellus'' is a genus of vespertilionid family of bats, small predatory flying mammals. They are known from Australia. The poorly researched species have been variously placed by authors, and revised again by studies of their distinct char ...

'', allied to the family

Vespertilionidae Vespertilionidae is a family of microbats, of the order Chiroptera, flying, insect-eating mammals variously described as the common, vesper, or simple nosed bats. The vespertilionid family is the most diverse and widely distributed of bat familie ...

. The bats are distinguished from a western species, '' Falsistrellus mackenziei'', by the common names eastern false pipistrelle and eastern falsistrelle. The first description was published by

John Gould John Gould (; 14 September 1804 – 3 February 1881) was an English ornithologist. He published a number of monographs on birds, illustrated by plates produced by his wife, Elizabeth Gould, and several other artists, including Edward Lear, ...

in his third volume of ''Mammals of Australia'', issued in 1858. It is the

type species In zoological nomenclature, a type species (''species typica'') is the species name with which the name of a genus or subgenus is considered to be permanently taxonomically associated, i.e., the species that contains the biological type specimen ...

for the genus ''Falsistrellus''.

Description

A falsistrelle bat—resembling the species ''Falsistrellus mackenziei''—with brownish fur over the back, dark or reddish, and a lighter greyish colour at the front. The length of the forearm is . The weight may range from . The ear is prominent from the fur, and characteristic notches are seen at the outer margin of each lobe. The ear notch readily distinguishes it from a similar bat that occurs in the range, species '' Scoteanax rueppellii'' (greater broad-nosed bat, Rüppell's broad-nosed bat).

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q1838314 Bats of Australia Mammals of Tasmania Falsistrellus Mammals described in 1858 Taxa named by John Gould Mammals of South Australia Mammals of New South Wales Mammals of Queensland Mammals of Victoria (Australia) Taxonomy articles created by Polbot