Vespadelus darlingtoni (G. M. Allen 1933)

[Eptesicus] darlingtoni G. M. Allen 1933, J. Mammal., 14: 150.

Type Locality: Australia, New South Wales, 13 km NW Braidwood.

Vernacular Names: Large Forest Bat.

Synonyms: Vespadelus sagittula McKean, Richards, and Price 1978 .

Distribution: SE Australia, including Tasmania and Lord Howe Isl.

Conservation: IUCN 2003 and IUCN / SSC Action Plan (2001) – Lower Risk (lc) as Eptesicus darlingtoni .

Discussion: pumilus species group. See Kitchener et al. (1987) for discussion of synonmy. Adams et al. (1987) and Koopman (1993) used the name sagittula for this taxon, which may include more than one species.