| Little Forest Bat | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Vespertilionidae |
| Genus: | Vespadelus |
| Species: | V. vulturnus
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| Binomial name | |
| Vespadelus vulturnus (Thomas, 1914)
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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 4 g (0.14 oz) (males in some areas weigh as little as 2.5 g (0.088 oz)).[2] It is sometimes referred to as Australia's smallest mammal,[3][4] although the Northern or Koopmans Pipistrelle, Pipistrellus westralis, is possibly smaller, weighing on average around 3 g (0.11 oz).[2] It is the smallest bat in Tasmania[5]
- ^ Lumsden, L.F.; Reardon, T.B.; Armstrong, K.N. (2021) [amended version of 2020 assessment]. "Vespadelus vulturnus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T7945A209533303. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T7945A209533303.en. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
- ^ a b Van Dyck, Steve; Strahan, Ronald, eds. (2007). The mammals of Australia (3rd ed.). Sydney: New Holland Publishers. p. 572. ISBN 978-1-877069-25-3. OCLC 225635210.
- ^ Campbell, Susan; Lumsden, Linda F.; Kirkwood, Roger; Coulson, Graeme (2005). "Day roost selection by female little forest bats (Vespadelus vulturnus) within remnant woodland on Phillip Island, Victoria". Wildlife Research. 32 (2): 183. doi:10.1071/WR04039.
- ^ Willis CK, Turbill C, Geiser F (October 2005). "Torpor and thermal energetics in a tiny Australian vespertilionid, the little forest bat (Vespadelus vulturnus)". Journal of Comparative Physiology B. 175 (7): 479–86. doi:10.1007/s00360-005-0008-0. PMID 16088391. S2CID 21710868.
- ^ "Tasmania PWS - Wildlife - Bats". Archived from the original on 21 July 2008. Retrieved 11 March 2008.