Arielulus
Arielulus is a genus of vesper bats with the following species: Genus Arielulus Bronze sprite (A. circumdatus) Coppery sprite (A. cuprosus) Social sprite (A. societatis) The collared sprite (T. aureocollaris) and necklace sprite (T. torquatus) in the genus Thainycteris were formerly also classified in Arielulus, but phylogenetic evidence supports them forming a distinct genus.
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| preserved specimen of Arielulus circumdatus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Vespertilionidae |
| Tribe: | Eptesicini |
| Genus: | Arielulus Hill & Harrison, 1987 |
| Type species | |
| Vespertilio circumdatus Temminck, 1840
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Arielulus is a genus of vesper bats with the following species:[1]
Genus Arielulus
- Bronze sprite (A. circumdatus)
- Coppery sprite (A. cuprosus)
- Social sprite (A. societatis)
The collared sprite (T. aureocollaris) and necklace sprite (T. torquatus) in the genus Thainycteris were formerly also classified in Arielulus, but phylogenetic evidence supports them forming a distinct genus.[2][3]
References
[edit]- ^ Upham, Nathan (2021-08-10). "Mammal Diversity Database". doi:10.5281/zenodo.5175993.
- ^ Guo, Weijian; Yu, Wenhua; Wang, Xiaoyun; Csorba, Gabor; Li, Fang; Li, Yuchun; Wu, Yi (June 2017). "First Record of the Collared Sprite, Thainycteris aureocollaris (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae) from China". Mammal Study. 42 (2): 97–103. doi:10.3106/041.042.0204. ISSN 1343-4152. S2CID 89727995.
- ^ Francis, Charles M.; Borisenko, Alex V.; Ivanova, Natalia V.; Eger, Judith L.; Lim, Burton K.; Guillén-Servent, Antonio; Kruskop, Sergei V.; Mackie, Iain; Hebert, Paul D. N. (2010-09-03). "The Role of DNA Barcodes in Understanding and Conservation of Mammal Diversity in Southeast Asia". PLOS ONE. 5 (9) e12575. Bibcode:2010PLoSO...512575F. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0012575. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 2933245. PMID 20838635.
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