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Mimetillus
	Moloney's mimic bat (M. moloneyi)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Chiroptera
Family:	Vespertilionidae
Tribe:	Vespertilionini
Genus:	Mimetillus; Thomas, 1904
Type species
	Vesperugo (Vesperus) moloneyi; Thomas, 1891
Species
	M. moloneyi; M. thomasi

Mimetillus is a genus of vesper bat in the family Vespertilionidae. It contains two species, both known as mimic bats and found in sub-Saharan Africa.^[1]^[2]

There are two species in this genus:

Moloney's mimic bat, Mimetillus moloneyi
Thomas's mimic bat, Mimetillus thomasi

Previously, Mimetillus was thought to be a monotypic genus containing only M. moloneyi, but phylogenetic evidence has found M. thomasi to be a distinct species.^[2]

References

^ Database, Mammal Diversity (2021-08-10), Mammal Diversity Database, Zenodo, retrieved 2021-09-25
^ ^a ^b Miller-Butterworth, Cassandra (2012-03-01). "Bats of Southern and Central Africa: A Biogeographic and Taxonomic Synthesis by Ara Monadjem, Peter John Taylor, F. P. D. (Woody) Cotterill, and M. Corrie Schoeman". The Quarterly Review of Biology. 87 (1): 75–76. doi:10.1086/663943. ISSN 0033-5770.

[1] Database, Mammal Diversity (2021-08-10), Mammal Diversity Database, Zenodo, retrieved 2021-09-25

[:0-2] Miller-Butterworth, Cassandra (2012-03-01). "Bats of Southern and Central Africa: A Biogeographic and Taxonomic Synthesis by Ara Monadjem, Peter John Taylor, F. P. D. (Woody) Cotterill, and M. Corrie Schoeman". The Quarterly Review of Biology. 87 (1): 75–76. doi:10.1086/663943. ISSN 0033-5770.

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