Dubious trumpet-eared bat

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Dubious trumpet-eared bat
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Vespertilionidae
Genus: Phoniscus
Species:
P. aerosus
Binomial name
Phoniscus aerosus
(Tomes, 1858)
Synonyms
  • Kerivoula aerosa (Tomes, 1858)
  • Phoniscus aerosa Tomes, 1858

The dubious trumpet-eared bat (Phoniscus aerosus) is a species of vesper bat. It was described as a new species in 1858 by zoologist Robert Fisher Tomes. [1] Tomes placed it in the genus Kerivoula, with a scientific name of Kerivoula aerosa. [2] He gave the type locality as the eastern coast of South Africa, [2] though it is now thought that the specimen's origin was mislabeled and the bat is not considered native to Africa. [1]

Ellis Le Geyt Troughton was the first to assert that the species was likely a member of the genus Phoniscus , not Kerivoula. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Francis, C.M.; Csorba, G.; Monadjem, A.; Waldien, D.L. (2022). "Phoniscus aerosus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2022: e.T10967A21975373. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-2.RLTS.T10967A21975373.en .
  2. 1 2 Tomes, Robert F. (1858). "A Monograph of the Genus Kerivoula". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 26: 333–335. doi:10.1111/j.1469-7998.1858.tb06386.x.
  3. Hill, J. E. (1965). "Asiatic Bats of the Genera Kerivoula and Phoniscus (Vespertilionidae), with a Note on Kerivoula Aerosa Tomes". Mammalia. 29 (4). doi:10.1515/mamm.1965.29.4.524. S2CID   83650290.