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Bats and other mammals

Several species of mammal inhabit or use Perry Lakes Reserve, with microbats being the most abundant indigenous mammals (there are no megabats, such as flying foxes, in the south of WA).  A bat survey was conducted in February 2024 at Perry Lakes West Lake by bat expert and zoologist, Norm McKenzie AM (see Fun Fact about 'Norm's bat', the Western false pipistrelle).  This involved ultrasonic sound detectors to detect and record bat echolocation calls, and their subsequent analysis.  


Norm identified six species and reports that another three species are likely, based on known patterns of distribution.

  

Further information on the distribution of the bat species inhabiting the Reserve can be obtained from the Batmap website at Ausbats.

Bits about bat boxes

  • Provide safe spaces to roost, mate, raise young and encourage bats to inhabit the Reserve. 
  • The Town of Cambridge has installed bat boxes on trees.  Keep an eye open while you walk through the Reserve.

Identified bat species of Perry Lakes

Gould’s wattled bat

Chalinolobus gouldii

Image credit:  Chris Lindorff,  CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Lesser long-eared bat

Nyctophilus geoffroyi

Image credit: ChloeJohnson CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons


Western false pipistrelle

White-striped free-tailed bat

Falsistrellus mackenziei 

Recent detection of this bat in Perry Lakes Reserve was interesting because it was detected 25km north of its usual range. 

FUN FACT: 

  • Named after Norm McKenzie in 1986  (the taxonomic naming rules at the time required mackenziei rather than mckenziei)

Image:  Western False Pipistrelle eating a Giant Slantface (Acrida conica), a species of grasshopper.  Image credit:  ©Jiri Lochman

White-striped free-tailed bat

White-striped free-tailed bat

Austronomus australis

Image credit:  Phillip A. Robson, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons 


South-western free-tailed bat

Ozimops kitcheneri

Southern forest bat

Vaspadelus regulus


Likely bat species

Chocolate wattled bat

Chalinolobus morio

Image credit:    

Doug Beckers, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Greater long-eared bat

Nyctophilus major

Holt's long-eared bat

Holt's long-eared bat

Nyctophilus holtorum 


Other indigenous mammals

Quenda

Isoodon fusciventer

Learn about Quendas here

Common Brushtail Possum or Koomal

Trichosurus vulpecula

Image credit: Andrew Mercer (www.baldwhiteguy.co.nz), CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Common Brushtail Possum or Koomal

Common Brushtail Possum or Koomal

Trichosurus vulpecula

Image credit: Andrew Mercer (www.baldwhiteguy.co.nz), CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Non-indigenous mammals

  

Reflecting the suburban location of Perry Lakes Reserve, non-indigenous mammals may also inhabit the Reserve occasionally or permanently, including the Black rat (Rattus rattus), House mouse (Mus musculus), Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) and domestic or feral cats (Felis catus).

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