Mimetillus
Mimetillus | |
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Moloney's mimic bat (M. moloneyi) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Chiroptera |
Family: | Vespertilionidae |
Tribe: | Vespertilionini |
Genus: | Mimetillus Thomas, 1904 |
Type species | |
Vesperugo (Vesperus) moloneyi Thomas, 1891 | |
Species | |
Mimetillus is a genus of vesper bat in the family Vespertilionidae. It contains two species, both known as mimic bats and found in sub-Saharan Africa.[1][2]
There are two species in this genus:
- Moloney's mimic bat, Mimetillus moloneyi
- Thomas's mimic bat, Mimetillus thomasi
Previously, Mimetillus was thought to be a monotypic genus containing only M. moloneyi, but phylogenetic evidence has found M. thomasi to be a distinct species.[2]
References
- ^ Database, Mammal Diversity (2021-08-10), Mammal Diversity Database, Zenodo, retrieved 2021-09-25
- ^ a b Miller-Butterworth, Cassandra (2012-03-01). "Bats of Southern and Central Africa: A Biogeographic and Taxonomic Synthesis by Ara Monadjem, Peter John Taylor, F. P. D. (Woody) Cotterill, and M. Corrie Schoeman". The Quarterly Review of Biology. 87 (1): 75–76. doi:10.1086/663943. ISSN 0033-5770.