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Helmeted bat

The helmeted bats are two species of vesper bat in the genus Cassistrellus. They are found in South and Southeast Asia.

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Helmeted bat
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Placentalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Vespertilionidae
Tribe: Vespertilionini
Genus: Cassistrellus
Ruedi, Eger, Kim & Csorba, 2017
Species

C. dimissus
C. yokdonensis

The helmeted bats are two species of vesper bat in the genus Cassistrellus. They are found in South and Southeast Asia.1

The two species in this genus are:2

  • Surat helmeted bat, Cassistrellus dimissus
  • Yok Don helmeted bat, Cassistrellus yokdonensis

Of these, C. dimissus was initially classified in Eptesicus until phylogenetic studies affirmed its distinctiveness, while C. yokdonesis was described in the same study that described the new genus.3

References

References

  1. Mammal Diversity Database (2021-08-10), Mammal Diversity Database, Zenodo, retrieved 2021-09-17
  2. "ITIS - Report: Cassistrellus". www.itis.gov. 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.