Eastern cave bat | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Chiroptera |
Family: | Vespertilionidae |
Genus: | Vespadelus |
Species: | V. troughtoni |
Binomial name | |
Vespadelus troughtoni (Kitchener, Jones & Caputi, 1987) |
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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. This bat lives in caves along the east coast of Australia and in adjacent inland ranges.