Arielulus

Arielulus
preserved specimen of Arielulus circumdatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Chiroptera
Family:	Vespertilionidae
Tribe:	Eptesicini
Genus:	Arielulus Hill & Harrison, 1987
Type species
Vespertilio circumdatus Temminck, 1840
Species
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Arielulus is a genus of vesper bats with the following species:^[1]

Genus Arielulus

• Bronze sprite (A. circumdatus)
• Coppery sprite (A. cuprosus)
• Social sprite (A. societatis)

The collared sprite (T. aureocollaris) and necklace sprite (T. torquatus) in the genus Thainycteris were formerly also classified in Arielulus, but phylogenetic evidence supports them forming a distinct genus.^[2][3]

1. ^ Database, Mammal Diversity (2021-08-10). "Mammal Diversity Database". doi:10.5281/zenodo.5175993. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
2. ^ Guo, Weijian; Yu, Wenhua; Wang, Xiaoyun; Csorba, Gabor; Li, Fang; Li, Yuchun; Wu, Yi (June 2017). "First Record of the Collared Sprite, Thainycteris aureocollaris (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae) from China". Mammal Study. 42 (2): 97–103. doi:10.3106/041.042.0204. ISSN 1343-4152. S2CID 89727995.
3. ^ Francis, Charles M.; Borisenko, Alex V.; Ivanova, Natalia V.; Eger, Judith L.; Lim, Burton K.; Guillén-Servent, Antonio; Kruskop, Sergei V.; Mackie, Iain; Hebert, Paul D. N. (2010-09-03). "The Role of DNA Barcodes in Understanding and Conservation of Mammal Diversity in Southeast Asia". PLOS ONE. 5 (9): e12575. Bibcode:2010PLoSO...512575F. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0012575. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 2933245. PMID 20838635.

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