Joffre's bat

Joffre's bat (Mirostrellus joffrei), also known as Joffre's pipistrelle, is a species of vesper bat in the family Vespertilionidae. It is the only member of the genus Mirostrellus. It is found in South and Southeast Asia.

Joffre's bat
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Vespertilionidae
Tribe: Vespertilionini
Genus: Mirostrellus
Görföl, Kruskop, Tu, Estók, Son & Csorba, 2020
Species:
M. joffrei
Binomial name
Mirostrellus joffrei
(Thomas, 1915)
Synonyms
  • Nyctalus joffrei Thomas, 1915
  • Pipistrellus joffrei (Thomas, 1915)
  • Hypsugo joffrei Thomas, 1915
  • Hypsugo anthonyi (Tate, 1942)

It was formerly classified in the genus Hypsugo, but phylogenetic studies indicate that it belongs in its own genus, which was described in 2020 as Mirostrellus. The studies also found Anthony's pipistrelle (H. anthonyi), a mysterious bat known from a single specimen, collected at Changyinku, Burma, at 7000 ft (2134 m) altitude, to be conspecific with M. joffrei.[2][3]

References
  1. Görföl, T.; Francis, C.M.; Bates, P.J.J.; Csorba, G. (2016). "Hypsugo joffrei" (PDF). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T17345A22127938. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T17345A22127938.en.
  2. Görföl, Tamás; Kruskop, Sergei V; Tu, Vuong Tan; Estók, Péter; Son, Nguyen Truong; Csorba, Gábor (2020-02-15). "A new genus of vespertilionid bat: the end of a long journey for Joffre's Pipistrelle (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae)". Journal of Mammalogy. 101 (2): 331–348. doi:10.1093/jmammal/gyz202. ISSN 0022-2372. PMC 7236909. PMID 32454533.
  3. Saikia, Uttam; Csorba, Gábor; Ruedi, Manuel (2020-01-01). "First records of Hypsugo joffrei (Thomas, 1915) and the revision of Philetor brachypterus (Temminck, 1840) specimens (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) from the Indian Subcontinent". Revue suisse de Zoologie. 124 (1): 83–89. doi:10.5281/zenodo.322668. ISSN 0035-418X.


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