Vespadelus regulus (Thomas 1906)

[Eptesicus] regulus Thomas 1906, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1906: 470.

Type Locality: Australia, Western Australia, King Georges Sound, King River (near Albany).

Vernacular Names: Southern Forest Bat.

Distribution: SW and SE Australia, including Tasmania.

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

Discussion: pumilus species group. See McKean et al. (1978), Kitchener et al. (1987), and Queale (1997).