Thainycteris

Thainycteris
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Chiroptera
Family:	Vespertilionidae
Tribe:	Eptesicini
Genus:	Thainycteris Kock & Storch, 1996
Species
T. aureocollaris T. torquatus

Thainycteris is a genus of vesper bat with two species, one found in Indochina and the other found in Taiwan. Its members were previously classified within Arielulus , but more recent studies support Thainycteris as being a distinct genus. ^{[1] [2]}

There are two species in this genus:

• Collared sprite (T. aureocollaris)
• Necklace sprite (T. torquatus)

References

1. Guo, Weijian; Yu, Wenhua; Wang, Xiaoyun; Csorba, Gabor; Li, Fang; Li, Yuchun; Wu, Yi (June 2017). "First Record of the Collared Sprite, Thainycteris aureocollaris (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae) from China" . Mammal Study. 42 (2): 97–103. doi: 10.3106/041.042.0204 . ISSN   1343-4152. S2CID   89727995.
2. Francis, Charles M.; Borisenko, Alex V.; Ivanova, Natalia V.; Eger, Judith L.; Lim, Burton K.; Guillén-Servent, Antonio; Kruskop, Sergei V.; Mackie, Iain; Hebert, Paul D. N. (2010-09-03). "The Role of DNA Barcodes in Understanding and Conservation of Mammal Diversity in Southeast Asia". PLOS ONE. 5 (9): e12575. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0012575 . ISSN   1932-6203. PMC   2933245 . PMID   20838635.