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Genus of bats From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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]
Cistugo | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Chiroptera |
Family: | Cistugidae Lack et al., 2010 |
Genus: | Cistugo Thomas, 1912 |
Type species | |
Myotis seabrai Thomas, 1912 | |
Species | |
2 recognized species, see text |
The two species are:[2]
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