Order Chiroptera - Family Vespertilionidae Author Wilson, Don E. Author Reeder, DeeAnn text 2005 The Johns Hopkins University Press Baltimore Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1 451 529 book chapter 0-8018-8221-4 10.5281/zenodo.7316519 Vespadelus caurinus (Thomas 1914) [Vespadelus] caurinus (Thomas 1914) , Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 8, 13: 439 . Type Locality: Australia , Western Australia , Kimberley, Drysdale. Vernacular Names: Western Cave Bat . Distribution: N Australia . Conservation: IUCN 2003 and IUCN / SSC Action Plan (2001) – Lower Risk (nt) as Eptesicus caurinus . Discussion: caurinus species group. Included in pumilus by McKean et al. (1978) and Koopman (1993 , 1994 ), but see Kitchener et al. (1987) and Adams et al. (1987) .