''Arielulus'' is a genus of
vesper bat
Vespertilionidae is a family of microbats, of the order Chiroptera, flying, insect-eating mammals variously described as the common, vesper, or simple nosed bats. The vespertilionid family is the most diverse and widely distributed of bat famili ...
s with the following species:
Genus ''Arielulus''
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Bronze sprite (''A. circumdatus'')
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Coppery sprite (''A. cuprosus'')
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Social sprite (''A. societatis'')
The
collared sprite (''T. aureocollaris'') and
necklace sprite (''T. torquatus'') in the genus ''
Thainycteris'' were formerly also classified in ''Arielulus'', but phylogenetic evidence supports them forming a distinct genus.
References
Bat genera
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