Biology:Peters's flat-headed bat

From HandWiki
(Redirected from Biology:Platymops)
Short description: Species of bat

Peters's flat-headed bat
Platymops setiger.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Molossidae
Genus: Platymops
Thomas, 1906
Species:
P. setiger
Binomial name
Platymops setiger
(Peters, 1878)
Synonyms

Mormopterus setiger Peters, 1878

Peters's flat-headed bat (Platymops setiger) is a species of bat in the family Molossidae and the monotypic genus Platymops.[2] It is found in Ethiopia, Kenya, and South Sudan. Its natural habitats are dry savanna and rocky areas.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Monadjem, A.; Fahr, J.; Bergmans, W.; Mickleburgh, S.; Hutson, A.M.; Cotterill, F.P.D. (2017). "Platymops setiger". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T44692A22074935. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T44692A22074935.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/44692/22074935. Retrieved 15 November 2021. 
  2. Animaldiversity.umich.edu

Further reading

  • Simmons, N. B. Order Chiroptera. In: Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (Eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. 3. ed. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2005. v. 1, p. 312-529.

Wikidata ☰ Q1831551 entry