''Vespadelus'' is a genus of Australian bats in 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 genus name was first published by

Ellis Le Geyt Troughton Ellis Le Geyt Troughton (born in Sydney on 29 April 1893; died 30 November 1974) was an Australian zoologist and mammalogist. Biography Ellis Troughton began to exercise his interest in mammals at fourteen years of age, taking a role at the Au ...

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Tom Iredale Tom Iredale (24 March 1880 – 12 April 1972) was an English-born ornithologist and malacologist who had a long association with Australia, where he lived for most of his life. He was an Autodidacticism, autodidact who never went to university ...

in 1934, but without an adequate description; the type was cited as ''Scotophilus pumilus'' Gray, 1841. The 1934 review included taxa previously ascribed to other genera and placed these with the proposed arrangement, 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 ...

was assigned to a new combination as '' Vespadelus pumilus''. Troughton later provided a diagnosis for the genus in 1943, making this name available. Other circumscriptions have assigned these species to genera ''

Pipistrellus ''Pipistrellus'' is a genus of bats in the family Vespertilionidae and subfamily Vespertilioninae. The name of the genus is derived from the Italian word , meaning "bat" (from Latin "bird of evening, bat"). The size of the genus has been cons ...

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Eptesicus ''Eptesicus'' is a genus of bats, commonly called house bats or serotine bats, in the family Vespertilionidae. The genus name is likely derived from the Greek words ''ptetikos'' 'able to fly' or ''petomai'' 'house flier', although this is not ce ...

''. Reëlevated to genus with new combinations. Also known as forest bats, cave bats, little brown bats. An earlier treatment of populations had placed them as the sole species of ''Eptesicus'' (''E. pumilus''). The separation to this genus followed comparative studies that recognised its diversity and nominated new species (Kitchener, 1987; Queale.). Subsequent authors recognition of the arrangement published as ''Vespadelus'' by Troughton in 1943 saw the name of this genus reëstablished. The following nine species are currently recognised. * ''

Vespadelus baverstocki The inland forest bat (''Vespadelus baverstocki'') is a vesper bat that occurs in central and arid regions in Australia. They were first described in 1987, published in a review of poorly surveyed microbat populations. A tiny flying mammal, whos ...

'' ( Kitchener ''et al'', 1987). aka: Baverstock's or inland forest bat * '' Vespadelus caurinus'' (Thomas, 1914). northern cave bat * ''

Vespadelus darlingtoni The large forest bat (''Vespadelus darlingtoni'') is a common vesper bat found in southeast Australia, Tasmania, and Lord Howe Island. Taxonomy The first description was published by G. M. Allen in 1933. The specimen described was obtained by ...

''. (Allen, 1933). large forest bat * ''

Vespadelus douglasorum The yellow-lipped cave bat (''Vespadelus douglasorum'') is a vesper bat that only occurs in the Kimberley (Western Australia), Kimberley region of northwest Australia. The bat was first captured at Tunnel Creek in 1958 and a description published ...

'' (Kitchener, 1976). yellow-lipped bat * '' Vespadelus finlaysoni''. (Kitchener ''et al'', 1987). Finlayson's cave bat * '' Vespadelus pumilus'' (Gray, 1841). eastern forest bat * ''

Vespadelus regulus The southern forest bat (''Vespadelus regulus'') is a vesper bat found in Australia. Taxonomy A species of '' Vespadelus'', of the diverse and common micro-bats, bats assigned as either suborder Yangochiroptera or Microchiroptera. The descrip ...

'' (Thomas, 1906). southern forest bat * '' Vespadelus troughtoni''. eastern cave bat * ''

Vespadelus vulturnus The little forest bat (''Vespadelus vulturnus'') is a species of vesper bat in the family Vespertilionidae. It is found only in south-eastern Australia, including Tasmania. It is a tiny bat often weighing less than (males in some areas weigh as ...

''. little forest bat

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{{Taxonbar, from=Q220531 Bat genera Bats of Australia Taxa named by Ellis Le Geyt Troughton Taxonomy articles created by Polbot