Mimetillus is a genus of vesper bat in the family Vespertilionidae. It contains two species, both known as mimic bats and found in sub-Saharan Africa.[1][2]
| Mimetillus | |
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| Moloney's mimic bat (M. moloneyi) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Vespertilionidae |
| Tribe: | Vespertilionini |
| Genus: | Mimetillus Thomas, 1904 |
| Type species | |
| Vesperugo (Vesperus) moloneyi Thomas, 1891
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| Species | |
There are two species in this genus:
- Moloney's mimic bat, Mimetillus moloneyi
- Thomas's mimic bat, Mimetillus thomasi
Previously, Mimetillus was thought to be a monotypic genus containing only M. moloneyi, but phylogenetic evidence has found M. thomasi to be a distinct species.[2]
References
edit- ^ Database, Mammal Diversity (2021-08-10), Mammal Diversity Database, Zenodo, retrieved 2021-09-25
- ^ a b Miller-Butterworth, Cassandra (2012-03-01). "Bats of Southern and Central Africa: A Biogeographic and Taxonomic Synthesis by Ara Monadjem, Peter John Taylor, F. P. D. (Woody) Cotterill, and M. Corrie Schoeman". The Quarterly Review of Biology. 87 (1): 75–76. doi:10.1086/663943. ISSN 0033-5770.