Philetor brachypterus

(Temminck, 1840)

Rohu's Bat

Also as Narrow-winged Brown Bat|Narrow-winged Pipistrelle|Short-winged Pipistrelle.
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Location:Philippines, Central Visayas region, Cebu island, Tabunan forestDate taken:Unknown

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Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Chiroptera
Suborder : Yangochiroptera
Superfamily : Vespertilionoidea
Family : Vespertilionidae
Subfamily : Vespertilioninae
Tribe : Vespertilionini
Genus : Philetor

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Temminck, C.J. 1840. Livraison 3. Pp. 141–272 in Temminck, C.J. 1835-1841. Monographies de Mammalogie. Tome second. C. C. van der Hoek, Leiden, 392 pp.

Original name as described

Vespertilio brachypterus

Other common names

Narrow-winged Brown Bat · Narrow-winged Pipistrelle · Short-winged Pipistrelle

Type material

RMNH.MAM.35155

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"le district de Padang, " Sumatra, Indonesia.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya · Australasia

Country distribution

Malaysia · Indonesia · Philippines · Papua New Guinea

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 8 names and synonyms.

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