Sind bat

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Sind bat
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Vespertilionidae
Subfamily: Vespertilioninae
Genus: Rhyneptesicus
Bianchi, 1917
Species:
R. nasutus
Binomial name
Rhyneptesicus nasutus
(Dobson, 1877)
Synonyms

Eptesicus nasutus

The Sind bat (Rhyneptesicus nasutus) is a species of vesper bat and the only member of the genus Rhyneptesicus. [2] It inhabits forests and arid areas near waterbodies in southwestern Saudi Arabia, Yemen and Oman, around the coast of the Gulf of Oman in southern Iraq and Iran. Isolated populations in southern Pakistan and northwestern Afghanistan occur up to an elevation of 862 m (2,828 ft). Its presence in Bahrain, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates is uncertain. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Benda, P.; Srinivasulu, C. & Srinivasulu, B. (2019). "Rhyneptesicus nasutus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2019: e.T7935A22117147. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T7935A22117147.en . Retrieved 11 September 2022.
  2. Juste, J.; Benda, P.; Garcia-Mudarra, J. L. & Ibáñez, C. (2013). "Phylogeny and systematics of Old World serotine bats (Genus Eptesicus, Vespertilionidae, Chiroptera): An integrative approach". Zoologica Scripta. 42 (5): 441–457. doi:10.1111/zsc.12020. hdl: 10261/80441 .