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MPennay wrote:
28 May 2025
Batty and Betty are either Vespadelus vulturnus or V. regulus.
Both species look very similar and are among the smallest mammals in Australia.
Vespadelus sp. (genus)
LisaH wrote:
27 May 2025
:))
Vespadelus sp. (genus)
HelenCross wrote:
27 May 2025
Batty and Betty are very cute :)
Vespadelus sp. (genus)
arjay wrote:
24 May 2025
I do have other photos. Is there anything specific that you need to give a better ID?
This bat had landed in a shallow bowl and it couldn't actually take off flying from this position. It was taken outside.
The person who caught them has absolutely no taxonomic qualifications whatsoever so no ID from them.
Vespertilionidae (family)
arjay wrote:
24 May 2025
No background. The bat was being evicted from a house. Normally we leave them alone and they make their own way out. Or not. Sometimes they get themselves into impossible positions where they can't take off so in that case we very carefully take them outside.
The general area is dry sclerophyll forest with some cleared grassland that is reverting via ti tree and wattles to a forested state.
Chalinolobus gouldii

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