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Tree bat | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Chiroptera |
Family: | Phyllostomidae |
Genus: | Ardops Miller, 1906 |
Species: | A. nichollsi
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Binomial name | |
Ardops nichollsi (Thomas, 1891)
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Tree bat range | |
Synonyms | |
Stenoderma luciae |
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]
The tree bat has been featured on the $7.5 stamp of Grenada,[4] and a $4 stamp from Montserrat.[5]