| Arielulus | |
|---|---|
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| preserved specimen of Arielulus circumdatus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Vespertilionidae |
| Tribe: | Eptesicini |
| Genus: | Arielulus Hill & Harrison, 1987 |
| Type species | |
| Vespertilio circumdatus Temminck, 1840 | |
| Species | |
See text | |
Arielulus is a genus of vesper bats with the following species: [1]
Genus Arielulus
- Bronze sprite (A. circumdatus)
- Coppery sprite (A. cuprosus)
- Social sprite (A. societatis)
The collared sprite (T. aureocollaris) and necklace sprite (T. torquatus) in the genus Thainycteris were formerly also classified in Arielulus, but phylogenetic evidence supports them forming a distinct genus. [2] [3]
