Dormer's bat

Dormer's bat
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Vespertilionidae
Tribe: Pipistrellini
Genus: Scotozous
Dobson, 1875[2]
Species:
S. dormeri
Binomial name
Scotozous dormeri
Dobson, 1875[2]
Synonyms

Pipistrellus dormeri (Dobson, 1875)

Dormer's bat or Dormer's pipistrelle (Scotozous dormeri) is a species of vesper bat. It is the only species in its genus. It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, and Pakistan. Its natural habitats are subtropical and tropical dry forests, arable land, plantations, rural gardens, and urban areas.

The holotype for this species was from the Bellary Hills in Southern India and was collected by James Charlemagne Dormer, after whom it is named.[2] Bat flies found on this species include: Basilia fletcheri.[3]

  1. ^ Srinivasulu, B.; Srinivasulu, C. (2019). "Scotozous dormeri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T17338A22129897. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T17338A22129897.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference Dobson, 1875 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Theodor, Oskar (1956). "On the genus Tripselia and the group of Basilia bathybothyra (Nycteribiidae, Diptera)". Parasitology. 46 (3–4): 377–380. doi:10.1017/S003118200002655X. PMID 13378884.