A taxonomic appraisal of Eptesicus (Chiroptera : Mammalia) in Australia

Abstract

Baculum shape and skull and body measurements were used to evaluate the forms of Eptesicus occurring in Australia. Four species, one of which comprised two subspecies, are recognized. An additional form, E. douglasi, was not intensively studied but is accepted as a full species. Names were available for all forms except one, which is described as E. sagittula, sp. nov.