Glischropus meghalayanus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Vespertilionoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Trechnotheria Infraclassis: Zatheria Supercohors: Theria Cohors: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Cladus: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Cladus: Scrotifera Ordo: Chiroptera Subordo: Yangochiroptera Superfamilia: Vespertilionoidea

Familia: Vespertilionidae
Subfamilia: Vespertilioninae
Tribus: Pipistrellini
Genus: Glischropus
Species: Glischropus meghalayanus

Name

Glischropus meghalayanus Saikia, Ruedi & Csorba, 2022: 357

• Holotype: V/M/ERS/682, adult ♂, body in alcohol with skull and baculum removed, collected by Uttam Saikia on 1 July 2020.
• Type locality: “Forest at Lailad, adjacent to Nongkhyllem Wildlife Sanctuary, in Ri-Bhoi district of Meghalaya, India (25°56’13” N, 91°46’24” E, 210 m a.s.l.)”.

References

Primary references

• Saikia, U., Ruedi, M. & Csorba, G. 2022. Out of Southeast Asia: A new species of thick-thumbed bat (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae: Glischropus) from Meghalaya, north-eastern India. Zootaxa 5154(3): 355–364. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5154.3.8 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Meghalaya Thick-thumbed Bat