Phillips's Long-fingered Bat

Phillips's long-fingered bat was formally described in 2022 from DNA and form, from a specimen collected in evergreen forest at Mahabaleshwar in the northern Western Ghats of India. It is a medium-sized bat with a forearm of 44 to 49 mm, a long second segment on the third finger, short rounded ears, a high forehead and a short broad muzzle, chocolate-brown above and slightly paler below. It is also found in Sri Lanka, and is named after the British-Sri Lankan naturalist W.W.A. Phillips (Wikipedia, general species account).

The 2012 National Red List predates this species and has no entry under the name. It lists Miniopterus schreibersii, the long-winged bat, as Nationally Endangered (Sri Lanka National Red List 2012).