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.

References

  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 . PMID   29674788.


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