{{Short description|Species of bat}} {{Automatic taxobox | taxon = Cassistrellus | authority = Ruedi, Eger, Kim & Csorba, 2017 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = ''C. dimissus''<br> ''C. yokdonensis'' }}
The '''helmeted bats''' are two species of vesper bat in the genus '''''Cassistrellus'''''. They are found in South and Southeast Asia.<ref>{{Citation|last=Mammal Diversity Database|title=Mammal Diversity Database|date=2021-08-10|url=https://zenodo.org/record/5175993|publisher=Zenodo|access-date=2021-09-17}}</ref>
The two species in this genus are:<ref>{{Cite web|title=ITIS - Report: Cassistrellus|url=https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=1157308#null|access-date=2021-09-17|website=www.itis.gov}}</ref>
* Surat helmeted bat, ''Cassistrellus dimissus'' * Yok Don helmeted bat, ''Cassistrellus yokdonensis''
Of these, ''C. dimissus'' was initially classified in ''Eptesicus'' until phylogenetic studies affirmed its distinctiveness, while ''C. yokdonesis'' was described in the same study that described the new genus.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Ruedi|first=Manuel|last2=Eger|first2=Judith L|last3=Lim|first3=Burton K|last4=Csorba|first4=Gábor|date=2018-02-01|title=A new genus and species of vespertilionid bat from the Indomalayan Region|url=https://doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyx156|journal=Journal of Mammalogy|volume=99|issue=1|pages=209–222|doi=10.1093/jmammal/gyx156|issn=0022-2372|pmc=5901079|pmid=29674788}}</ref>
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Category:Cassistrellus