The eastern cave bat or Troughton's forest bat (Vespadelus troughtoni) is a species of vesper bat in the family Vespertilionidae. It is found only in Australia, where it lives in caves along the east coast of Queensland and New South Wales, and in adjacent inland ranges.Ellis, M. (2001). Extension to the known range of the Eastern Cave Bat Vespadelus troughtoni (Kitchener, Jones and Caputi 1987) into the Brigalow Belt South Bioregion in New South Wales. Australian Bat Society Newsletter. 16:39.
This species is similar in appearance to and may easily be mistaken for other microbats that share its range, such as the large-footed myotis Myotis macropus.
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