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MPennay wrote:

4 Feb 2025

30 is in between vulturnus or regulus, could be either. Given it looks dessicated it's probably shrunk a little I'd say more likely regulus.

Vespadelus sp. (genus)

AlburyCityEnviros wrote:

4 Feb 2025

@MPennay they did a measurement of FAL and got 30 mm. Does that put us down the Southern Forest Bat path?

Vespadelus sp. (genus)

AlburyCityEnviros wrote:

4 Feb 2025

Thanks @MPennay, will add in measurements when they bring it back in

Vespadelus sp. (genus)

MPennay wrote:

3 Feb 2025

If you can get a precise measurement of the forearm i might be able to get a species level ID

Vespadelus sp. (genus)

AlburyCityEnviros wrote:

14 Jan 2025

@MPennay Any thoughts on this observation? Thanks for your help

Vespadelus vulturnus

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