Cistugo seabrae

O. Thomas, 1912

Angolan Wing-gland Bat

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Chiroptera
Suborder : Vespertilioniformes
Superfamily : Vespertilionoidea
Family : Cistugidae
Genus : Cistugo

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Thomas, O. 1912-08-01. A new vespertilionine bat from Angola. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8)10(56):204-206.

Original name as described

Cistugo seabrae

Other common names

Angolan Hairy Bat · Seabra's Wing-gland Bat

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1906.1.3.3

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Mossamedes [= Moçâmedes]," south-western Angola.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Angola · Namibia · South Africa

Taxonomy notes

moved from Vespertilionidae to Cistugidae

Taxonomy notes citation

Lack, J. B., Roehrs, Z. P., Stanley Jr, C. E., Ruedi, M., & Van Den Bussche, R. A. (2010). Molecular phylogenetics of Myotis indicate familial-level divergence for the genus Cistugo (Chiroptera). Journal of Mammalogy, 91(4), 976-992.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

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