Disk-footed bat
The disk-footed bat (Eudiscopus denticulus) is a species of vesper bat in the Vespertilionidae family found in Laos and Myanmar. The disc-footed bat was recorded in the northeastern Indian state's (Meghalaya), Lailad area near the Nongkhyllem Wildlife Sanctuary. It is about 1000 km west of the bats nearest known habitat, Myanmar.[2]
| Disk-footed bat | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Vespertilionidae |
| Subfamily: | Myotinae |
| Genus: | Eudiscopus Conisbee, 1953 |
| Species: | E. denticulus |
| Binomial name | |
| Eudiscopus denticulus (Osgood, 1932) | |
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Phylogenetic analysis supports it being a basal member of Myotinae, which also contains the well-known, cosmopolitan genus Myotis.[3]
Sources
- Soisook, P.; Csorba, G.; Bumrungsri, S.; Francis, C.M.; Bates, P.; Kingston, T. (2016). "Eudiscopus denticulus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T8168A22028419. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T8168A22028419.en.
- Karmakar, Rahul (18 April 2021). "Meghalaya records India's first bat with sticky disks". The Hindu.
- Saikia, Uttam; Chakravarty, Rohit; Hegde, Vishwanath D.; Meetei, Asem Bipin; Kruskop, Sergei; Csorba, Gabor; Ruedi, Manuel (April 2021). "First record of Disk-footed bat Eudiscopus denticulus (Osgood, 1932) (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) from India with notes on its ecology and genetics". Revue suisse de Zoologie. 128 (1): 187–198. doi:10.35929/RSZ.0044. ISSN 0035-418X.
External links
- Photos of several bat species, including (Eudiscopus denticulus) and some other animals (Google translation from Thai)
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