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 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) .