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Lesser noctule
Species of bat / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The lesser noctule, Leisler's bat or the Irish bat (Nyctalus leisleri),[2][3] is a species of insectivorous bat belonging to the vesper bat family, Vespertilionidae. The species was named to honour the naturalist Johann Philipp Achilles Leisler.
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Lesser noctule | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Chiroptera |
Family: | Vespertilionidae |
Genus: | Nyctalus |
Species: | N. leisleri |
Binomial name | |
Nyctalus leisleri (Kuhl, 1817) | |
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