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Peters's flat-headed bat

Peters's flat-headed bat is a species of bat in the family Molossidae and the monotypic genus Platymops. It is found in Ethiopia, Kenya, and South Sudan. Its natural habitats are dry savanna and rocky areas.

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Peters's flat-headed bat
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Placentalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Molossidae
Genus: Platymops
Thomas, 1906
Species:
P. setiger
Binomial name
Platymops setiger
(Peters, 1878)
Synonyms

Mormopterus setiger Peters, 1878

Peters's flat-headed bat (Platymops setiger) is a species of bat in the family Molossidae and the monotypic genus Platymops.2 It is found in Ethiopia, Kenya, and South Sudan. Its natural habitats are dry savanna and rocky areas.1

References

References

  1. Monadjem, A.; Fahr, J.; Bergmans, W.; Mickleburgh, S.; Hutson, A.M.; Cotterill, F.P.D. (2017). "Platymops setiger". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017 e.T44692A22074935. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T44692A22074935.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  2. Animaldiversity.umich.edu
Further reading

Further reading

  • Simmons, N. B. Order Chiroptera. In: Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (Eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. 3. ed. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2005. v. 1, p. 312-529.