Gervais's funnel-eared bat | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Chiroptera |
Family: | Natalidae |
Genus: | Nyctiellus Gervais, 1855 |
Species: | N. lepidus |
Binomial name | |
Nyctiellus lepidus Gervais, 1837 | |
Synonyms | |
Natalus lepidus(Gervais, 1837) |
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