Tree bat | |
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Conservation status | |
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Chiroptera |
Family: | Phyllostomidae |
Genus: | Ardops Miller, 1906 |
Species: | A. nichollsi |
Binomial name | |
Ardops nichollsi (Thomas, 1891) | |
Subspecies | |
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Tree bat range | |
Synonyms | |
Stenoderma luciae |
The tree bat (Ardops nichollsi) is a species of bat in the family Phyllostomidae and the only species in the genus Ardops. It is found in Dominica, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Montserrat, Saint Lucia, Saba, Saint Martin, Sint Eustatius, Saint Kitts, Nevis, Grenada and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
In popular culture
Stamps
The tree bat has been featured on the $7.5 stamp of Grenada, and a $4 stamp from Montserrat.
References
- ^ Davalos, L.; Rodriguez Duran, A. (2019). "Ardops nichollsi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T2089A21994786. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T2089A21994786.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- "Ardops nichollsi (Thomas, 1891)". Catalogue of Life. 2016. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands.
- Jones, J. Knox; Genoways, Hugh H. (June 13, 1973). "Ardops nichollsi". Mammalian Species (24): 1–2. doi:10.2307/3503890. JSTOR 3503890 – via academic.oup.com.
- "Tree Bat (Ardops nichollsi)". colnect (in Chinese).
- "2017, Bats 4v m/s". freestampcatalogue.
Taxon identifiers | |
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Ardops nichollsi |
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- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Phyllostomidae
- Mammals described in 1891
- Bats of the Caribbean
- Taxa named by Oldfield Thomas
- Mammals of Dominica
- Mammals of Grenada
- Mammals of Guadeloupe
- Mammals of Martinique
- Mammals of Montserrat
- Mammals of Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Mammals of Saint Lucia
- Mammals of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Phyllostomidae stubs