The disk-footed bat (''Eudiscopus denticulus'') is a species 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 ...

in the

Vespertilionidae 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 familie ...

family found in

Laos Laos, officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic (LPDR), is the only landlocked country in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by Myanmar and China to the northwest, Vietnam to the east, Cambodia to the southeast, and Thailand to the west and ...

and

Myanmar Myanmar, officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar; and also referred to as Burma (the official English name until 1989), is a country in northwest Southeast Asia. It is the largest country by area in Mainland Southeast Asia and has ...

. The disc-footed bat was recorded in 2021 in the Lailad area of the northeastern Indian state of Meghalaya, near the Nongkhyllem Wildlife Sanctuary. It is about 1000 km west of the bat's nearest known habitat, Myanmar. Phylogenetic analysis supports it being a basal member of

Myotinae Myotinae is a subfamily of vesper bats. It contains three genera: '' Eudiscopus'', ''Myotis'', and ''Submyotodon''. Before the description of ''Submyotodon'' and analysis of its phylogenetics, as well as a phylogenetic analysis of '' Eudiscopus'', ...

, which also contains the well-known, cosmopolitan genus ''

Myotis The mouse-eared bats or myotises are a diverse and widespread genus (''Myotis'') of bats within the family Vespertilionidae. The noun "''myotis''" itself is a Neo-Latin construction, from the Greek "''muós'' (meaning "mouse") and "''oûs''" ( ...

''.

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Photos of several bat species, including (''Eudiscopus denticulus'') and some other animals
Vesper bats Taxa named by Wilfred Hudson Osgood Mammals described in 1932 Bats of Southeast Asia Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Vespertilionidae-stub