Surat helmeted bat

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Surat helmeted bat
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Vespertilionidae
Genus: Cassistrellus
Species:
C. dimissus
Binomial name
Cassistrellus dimissus
(Thomas, 1916)
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Synonyms

Eptesicus dimissus

The Surat helmeted bat (Cassistrellus dimissus) is a species of vesper bat. It ranges from Thailand and Laos west to Nepal. [2]

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Taxonomy

This species was formerly classified in the genus Eptesicus until phylogenetic analysis found it to belong a distinct genus in the tribe Vespertilionini, and thus reclassified it in the newly described genus Cassistrellus . [3]

Distribution

Cassistrellus dimissus has been found in Khao Nong, Tai Rom Yen National Park, Surat Thani Province, southern Thailand and in Royal Chitwan National Park, southern Nepal.

Sources

  1. Csorba, G.; Bumrungsri, S.; Francis, C.; Bates, P.; Gumal, M.; Kingston, T.; Soisook, P. (2016). "Eptesicus dimissus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016: e.T7921A22118595. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T7921A22118595.en .
  2. "Explore the Database". www.mammaldiversity.org. Retrieved 2021-09-17.
  3. Ruedi, Manuel; Eger, Judith L; Lim, Burton K; Csorba, Gábor (2018-02-01). "A new genus and species of vespertilionid bat from the Indomalayan Region". Journal of Mammalogy. 99 (1): 209–222. doi:10.1093/jmammal/gyx156. ISSN   0022-2372. PMC   5901079 .


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