Biology:Hipposideros felix
Hipposideros felix | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Chiroptera |
Family: | Hipposideridae |
Genus: | Hipposideros |
Species: | H. felix
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Binomial name | |
Hipposideros felix Ginsburg and Mein, 1997.[1]
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Hipposideros felix is a species of bat known from Miocene fossil deposits at Li Mae Long in Thailand. The holotype is a tooth, the third molar, of a hipposiderid bat with affinities to the Brachipposideros group of fossil species found in Australia and France. The first description was published in a study of mammal specimens at the fossil site that produced evidence of unknown species, including other bats. The species is only known from the Li Mae Long, a site that was determined to be a forest near an open body of water in the Miocene. The authors, Léonard Ginsburg and Pierre Mein, proposed the specific epithet felix, derived from Latin, as a reference to the regions cultural perception of a bat as a symbol of happiness and good fortune.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Ginsburg, Léonard; Mein, Pierre (1997). "Les mammifères du gisement miocène inférieur de Li Mae Long, Thaïlande : systématique, biostratigraphie et paléoenvironnement" (in fr). Geodiversitas 19 (4): 783–844 [800]. http://sciencepress.mnhn.fr/en/periodiques/geodiversitas/19/4/les-mammiferes-du-gisement-miocene-inferieur-de-li-mae-long-thailande-systematique-biostratigraphie-et-paleoenvironnement.
Wikidata ☰ Q64481984 entry
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hipposideros felix.
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