Surat helmeted bat

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

Eptesicus dimissus

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

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.

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. ↑ "Cassistrellus dimissus (O. Thomas, 1916)". ASM Mammal Diversity Database. American Society of Mammalogists. 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.