Eastern cave bat: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the eastern cave bat lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Vespadelus troughtoni
Group	Bats
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	1 country
Continents	Oceania
Class	Mammal
Order	Chiroptera
Family	Vespertilionidae

Where does the eastern cave bat live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the eastern cave bat in 1 country or territory across Oceania.

Australia

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the eastern cave bat endangered?

The eastern cave bat’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the eastern cave bat?

The eastern cave bat (Vespadelus troughtoni) is a mammal in the order Chiroptera and the family Vespertilionidae, genus Vespadelus. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the eastern cave bat

The eastern cave bat or Troughton's forest bat (Vespadelus troughtoni) is a species of vesper bat in the family Vespertilionidae. It is found only in Australia, where it lives in caves along the east coast of Queensland and New South Wales, and in adjacent inland ranges.

This species is similar in appearance to and may easily be mistaken for other microbats that share its range, such as the large-footed myotis Myotis macropus.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Eastern cave bat (revision 1375120206), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q305694 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).