Eptesicus

Eptesicus fuscus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Vespertilionoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Trechnotheria Infraclassis: Zatheria Supercohors: Theria Cohors: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Cladus: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Cladus: Scrotifera Ordo: Chiroptera Subordo: Yangochiroptera Superfamilia: Vespertilionoidea

Familia: Vespertilionidae
Subfamilia: Vespertilioninae
Tribus: Nycticeiini
Genus: Eptesicus
Subgenera (2): E. (Eptesicus) – E. (Rhinopterus)

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Overview of species (27): E. anatolicus – E. andinus – E. bottae – E. brasiliensis – E. chiriquinus – E. diminutus – E. dimissus – E. floweri – E. furinalis – E. fuscus – E. gobiensis – E. guadeloupensis – E. hottentotus – E. innoxius – E. isabellinus – E. japonensis – E. kobayashii – E. lobatus – E. lynni – E. nilssonii – E. ognevi – E. pachyomus – E. pachyotis – E. platyops – E. serotinus – E. taddeii – E. tatei

Name

Eptesicus Rafinesque, 1820: 2

• Type species: Eptesicus melanops Rafinesque, 1820, by subsequent designation by Méhely (1900: 206).

Synonyms

• Cnephaeus Kaup, 1829: 103
  • Type species: Vespertilio serotinus Schreber, 1774, by monotypy.
• Noctula Bonaparte, 1837: xxi
  • Type species: Noctula serotina Bonaparte, 1837, by monotypy.
• Cateorus Kolenati, 1856: 131
  • Type species: Vespertilio serotinus Schreber, 1774, by monotypy.
• Amblyotis Kolenati, 1858: 252
  • Type species: Amblyotis latratus Kolenati, 1858, by monotypy.
• Pachyomus Gray, 1866: 90
  • Type species: Scotophilus pachyomus Tomes, 1857, by monotypy.
• Nyctiptenus Fitzinger, 1870: 424
  • Type species: Vespertilio smithi Wagner, 1855, by monotypy.
• Adelonycteris H. Allen, 1891: 466 [replacement name for Vesperus Keyserling & Blasius, 1879]
• Rhinopterus Miller, 1906: 85
  • Type species: Glauconycteris floweri de Winton, 1901, by original designation.
• Pareptesicus Bianchi, 1917: lxxvi [as subgenus]
  • Type species: Vesperugo pachyotis Dobson, 1871, by monotypy.
• Tuitatus Kishida & Mori, 1931: 379 [nomen nudum]

References

Primary references

• Rafinesque, C.S. 1820. Annals of nature, or, Annual synopsis of new genera and species of animals, plants, &c. discovered in North America. T. Smith: Lexington. 16 pp. BHL

Additional references

• Artyushin, I.V., Bannikova, A.A., Lebedev, V.S. & Kruskop, S.V. 2009. Mitochondrial DNA relationships among North Palaearctic Eptesicus (Vespertilionidae, Chiroptera) and past hybridization between Common Serotine and Northern Bat. Zootaxa 2262: 40–52. Abstract & excerpt.
• Juste, J., Benda, P., García-Mudarra, J.L. & Ibáñez, C. 2013. Phylogeny and systematics of Old World serotine bats (genus Eptesicus, Vespertilionidae, Chiroptera): an integrative approach. Zoologica Scripta 42(5): 441–457. DOI: 10.1111/zsc.12020 Reference page. 

Links

• Eptesicus in Mammal Species of the World.
  Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Breitflügelfledermäuse
English: Serotine Bats
français: Sérotines
polski: Mroczek

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