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]

Mimetillus
Moloney's mimic bat (M. moloneyi)
Scientific classification Edit this 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

There are two species in this genus:

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

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  1. ^ Database, Mammal Diversity (2021-08-10), Mammal Diversity Database, Zenodo, retrieved 2021-09-25
  2. ^ 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.