Helmeted bat | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Chiroptera |
Family: | Vespertilionidae |
Tribe: | Vespertilionini |
Genus: | Cassistrellus Ruedi, Eger, Kim & Csorba, 2017 |
Species | |
The helmeted bats are two species of vesper bat in the genus Cassistrellus. They are found in South and Southeast Asia.[1]
The two species in this genus are:[2]
Of these, C. dimissus was initially classified in Eptesicus until phylogenetic studies affirmed its distinctiveness, while C. yokdonesis was described in the same study that described the new genus.[3]