Peters's Flat-headed Bat

Peters's Flat-headed Bat
Peters's Flat-headed Bat
Conservation status
Scientific classification
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 belongs to the monotypic genus Platymops.[1] It is found in Ethiopia, Kenya, and Sudan. Its natural habitats are dry savanna and rocky areas.[2]

References

  1. ^ Animaldiversity.umich.edu
  2. ^ Mickleburgh, S., Hutson, A., Bergmans, W., Cotterill, F.W. & Fahr, J. 2004. Platymops setiger. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 30 July 2007.

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.