Chalinolobus | |
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Chalinolobus gouldii | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Chiroptera |
Family: | Vespertilionidae |
Genus: |
Chalinolobus Peters, 1866 |
Type species | |
Vespertilio tuberculatus Gray, 1843 |
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Species | |
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Bats of the genus Chalinolobus are commonly known as pied, wattled, or long-tailed bats. They have fleshy lobes at the bottom edge of their ears and on their lower lips. The bats otherwise classified in the genus Glauconycteris are included in Chalinolobus by some zoologists.