Cistugo

Cistugo is a genus of bats from southern Africa. The two species have historically been included in the genus Myotis (family Vespertilionidae), but molecular studies show that the genus is distinct from all other Vespertilionidae, and in fact distinctive enough to be placed in its own family, Cistugidae.^[1]

Cistugo Temporal range: Late Eocene–present PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Cistugo lesueuri
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Chiroptera
Superfamily:	Vespertilionoidea
Family:	Cistugidae Lack et al., 2010
Genus:	Cistugo Thomas, 1912
Type species
Myotis seabrai Thomas, 1912
Species
2 recognized species, see text

The two species are:^[2]

• Cistugo lesueuri Roberts, 1919 – Lesotho and southern South Africa
• Cistugo seabrai Thomas, 1912 – southwestern Angola through Namibia and northwestern South Africa

One fossil relative of Cistugo is also known in Chadronycteris Ostrander, 1983 from the Late Eocene of Nebraska, USA.^[3]