Singapore whiskered bat
The Singapore whiskered bat (Vespertilio oreias) is or was a possible species of vesper bat endemic to Singapore. No specimens have been found since its original scientific description in 1840 by Dutch zoologist Coenraad Temminck. Modern analysis of the type specimen found it to have skull fragments from another species and the skin to be in too poor a condition to confirm as distinct species.[2]
| Singapore whiskered bat | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Vespertilionidae |
| Genus: | Vespertilio |
| Species: | V. oreias |
| Binomial name | |
| Vespertilio oreias (Temminck, 1840) | |
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The holotype specism is in Naturalis Biodiversity Center in Leiden, Netherlands.[3]
There is some uncertainty regarding its genus classification as either Vespertilio (Temminck 1840), Myotis (Tate 1941), or Kerivoula (Csorba 2016). All contending genera share Vespertilionidae as the family.
References
- Csorba, G.; Bates, P.; Lee, B.; Soisook, P. (2016). "Myotis oreias". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T14186A22067080. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T14186A22067080.en.
- Csorba, Gábor; Smeenk, Chris; Lee, Benjamin P. Y.-H. (12 December 2016). "The identity of Vespertilio oreias Temminck, 1840—solving a taxonomic puzzle". Zootaxa. 4205 (6): 564. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4205.6.4. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 27988549. Retrieved September 29, 2019.
- Csorba, Gábor; Smeenk, Chris; Lee, Benjamin P. Y.-H. (12 December 2016). "The identity of Vespertilio oreias Temminck, 1840—solving a taxonomic puzzle". Zootaxa. 4205 (6): 565. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4205.6.4. ISSN 1175-5334. Retrieved September 29, 2019.
Temminck's Vespertilio oreias is only known from the holotype, preserved in the National Museum of Natural History (now Naturalis Biodiversity Center) in Leiden, RMNH 35407.
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