Cistugo

Cistugo
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Superfamily: Vespertilionoidea
Family: Cistugidae
Lack et al., 2010
Genus: Cistugo
Thomas, 1912
Species

2 recognized species, see article.

Cistugo is a genus of bats from southern Africa. The two species have historically been included in the genus Myotis (family Vespertilionidae), but molecular studies show that the genus is distinct from all other Vespertilionidae, and in fact distinctive enough to be placed in its own family, Cistugidae.[1]

The two species are:[2]

References

  1. Lack et al., 2010
  2. Simmons, 2005, p. 499

Literature cited

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