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Groove toothed bat

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Mammalia

Family
  
Vespertilionidae

Scientific name
  
Phoniscus atrox

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Chiroptera

Genus
  
Phoniscus

Rank
  
Species

Similar
  
Whitehead's woolly bat, Papillose woolly bat, Round‑eared tube‑nosed bat, Lesser hairy‑winged bat, Clear‑winged woolly bat

The groove-toothed bat (Phoniscus atrox) is a species of bat in the family Vespertilionidae, the vesper bats. It is native to Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand. It is an uncommon species that depends on forests for survival, and it is threatened by deforestation.

References

Groove-toothed bat Wikipedia