The disk-footed bat (Eudiscopus denticulus) is a species of vesper bat in the Vespertilionidae family found in Laos and Myanmar. The disc-footed bat was recorded in 2021 in the Lailad area of the northeastern Indian state of Meghalaya, near the Nongkhyllem Wildlife Sanctuary. It is about 1000 km west of the bat's nearest known habitat, Myanmar.[2]
| Disk-footed bat | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Vespertilionidae |
| Subfamily: | Myotinae |
| Genus: | Eudiscopus Conisbee, 1953 |
| Species: | E. denticulus |
| Binomial name | |
| Eudiscopus denticulus (Osgood, 1932) | |
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Phylogenetic analysis supports it being a basal member of Myotinae, which also contains the well-known, cosmopolitan genus Myotis.[3]
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- Photos of several bat species, including (Eudiscopus denticulus) and some other animals (Google translation from Thai)