Joffre's bat

Joffre's bat (Mirostrellus joffrei), also known as Joffre's pipistrelle, is a species of vesper bat in the family Vespertilionidae. It is the only member of the genus Mirostrellus. It is found in South and Southeast Asia.

Joffre's bat
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Chiroptera
Family:	Vespertilionidae
Tribe:	Vespertilionini
Genus:	Mirostrellus Görföl, Kruskop, Tu, Estók, Son & Csorba, 2020
Species:	M. joffrei
Binomial name
Mirostrellus joffrei (Thomas, 1915)
Synonyms
Nyctalus joffrei Thomas, 1915 Pipistrellus joffrei (Thomas, 1915) Hypsugo joffrei Thomas, 1915 Hypsugo anthonyi (Tate, 1942)

It was formerly classified in the genus Hypsugo, but phylogenetic studies indicate that it belongs in its own genus, which was described in 2020 as Mirostrellus. The studies also found Anthony's pipistrelle (H. anthonyi), a mysterious bat known from a single specimen, collected at Changyinku, Burma, at 7000 ft (2134 m) altitude, to be conspecific with M. joffrei.^[2][3]