Tree bat

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Tree bat
File:Stenoderma luciae.jpg
Scientific classification Edit this 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
  • Ardops nichollsi montserratensis Ardops nichollsi annectens
  • Miller, 1913 Jones & Schwartz, 1967
  • (Thomas, 1894) Ardops nichollsi nichollsi
  • Ardops nichollsi luciae (Thomas, 1891)
  • Ardops nichollsi koopmani (Miller, 1902)
File:Ardops nichollsi maps.png
Tree bat range
Synonyms

Stenoderma luciae
Stenoderma nichollsi

The tree bat (Ardops nichollsi) is a species of bat in the family Phyllostomidae and the only species in the genus Ardops.[2] 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.[1][3]

In popular culture

Stamps

The tree bat has been featured on the $7.5 stamp of Grenada,[4] and a $4 stamp from Montserrat.[5]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 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.
  2. "Ardops nichollsi (Thomas, 1891)". Catalogue of Life. 2016. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands.
  3. 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.
  4. "Tree Bat (Ardops nichollsi)". colnect (in 中文).
  5. "2017, Bats 4v m/s". freestampcatalogue.