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 finlaysoni Kitchener, Jones, and Caputi 1987 Vespadelus finlaysoni Kitchener, Jones, and Caputi 1987 , Rec. West. Aust . Mus ., 13: 456 . Type Locality: Australia , Western Australia , Cossack. Vernacular Names: Finlayson's Forest Bat . Distribution: Western and central Australia . Conservation: IUCN 2003 and IUCN / SSC Action Plan (2001) – Lower Risk (lc) as Eptesicus finlaysoni . Discussion: caurinus species group. Included in pumilus by Koopman (1993 , 1994 ), but see Kitchener et al. (1987) and Queale (1997) .