Dormer's bat
Dormer's bat or Dormer's pipistrelle (Scotozous dormeri) is a species of vesper bat. It is monotypical for its genus.
| Dormer's bat | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Vespertilionidae |
| Genus: | Scotozous Dobson, 1875[2] |
| Species: | S. dormeri |
| Binomial name | |
| Scotozous dormeri | |
| Synonyms | |
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Pipistrellus dormeri (Dobson, 1875) | |
It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, and Pakistan.
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, arable land, plantations, rural gardens, and urban areas.
The holotype for this species was from the Bellary Hills in Southern India and it was collected by James Charlemagne Dormer, after whom it is named.[2]
Bat flies found on this species include: Basilia fletcheri.[3]
References
- Srinivasulu, B.; Srinivasulu, C. (2019). "Scotozous dormeri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T17338A22129897.
- Dobson, G. E. (1875). "On the Genus Scotophilus, with Description of a new Genus and Species allied thereto". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1875: 372–373.
- Theodor, Oskar (1956). "On the genus Tripselia and the group of Basilia bathybothyra (Nycteribiidae, Diptera)". Parasitology. 46 (3–4): 377–380. doi:10.1017/S003118200002655X. PMID 13378884.
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