Cassistrellus dimissus

(O. Thomas, 1916)

Surat Helmeted Bat

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Chiroptera
Suborder : Vespertilioniformes
Superfamily : Vespertilionoidea
Family : Vespertilionidae
Subfamily : Vespertilioninae
Tribe : Vespertilionini
Genus : Cassistrellus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Thomas, O. 1916. List of Microchiroptera, other than leaf-nose bats, in the collection of the Federated Malay States Museums. Journal of the Federated Malay States Museums 7:1-6.

Original name as described

Eptesicus dimissus

Other common names

Surat Serotine

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1916.4.21.1

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Kao Nawng, Bandon, Malay Peninsula [= Thailand], 3,500' [= 1067 m]."

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Nepal · Laos · Thailand

Taxonomy notes

moved from Eptesicus to the new genus Cassistrellus

Taxonomy notes citation

Ruedi, M., Eger, J. L., Lim, B. K., & Csorba, G. (2018). A new genus and species of vespertilionid bat from the Indomalayan Region. Journal of mammalogy, 99(1), 209-222.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

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