Eptesicus
| Eptesicus | |
|---|---|
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| Northern bat (Eptesicus nilssoni) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Vespertilionidae |
| Tribe: | Eptesicini |
| Genus: | Eptesicus Rafinesque, 1820 |
| Type species | |
| Eptesicus melanops Rafinesque, 1820
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Eptesicus is a genus of bats, commonly called house bats or serotine bats, in the family Vespertilionidae.[1] The genus name is likely derived from the Greek words ptetikos 'able to fly' or petomai 'house flier', although this is not certain.[2]
Species
Traditional
The following species have traditionally been placed in Eptesicus[3]
- Anatolian serotine (Eptesicus anatolicus)
- Little black serotine (Eptesicus andinus)
- Bobrinski's serotine (Eptesicus bobrinskoi)
- Botta's serotine (Eptesicus bottae)
- Brazilian brown bat (Eptesicus brasiliensis)
- Chiriquinan serotine (Eptesicus chiriquinus)
- Diminutive serotine (Eptesicus diminutus)
- Horn-skinned bat (Eptesicus floweri)
- Argentine brown bat (Eptesicus furinalis)
- Big brown bat (Eptesicus fuscus)
- Gobi big brown bat (Eptesicus gobiensis)
- Guadeloupe big brown bat (Eptesicus guadeloupensis)
- Long-tailed house bat (Eptesicus hottentotus)
- Harmless serotine (Eptesicus innoxius)
- Meridional serotine (Eptesicus isabellinus)
- Japanese short-tailed bat (Eptesicus japonensis)
- Kobayashi's bat (Eptesicus kobayashii)
- Langer's serotine (Eptesicus langeri)
- Eptesicus lobatus[4]
- Northern bat (Eptesicus nilssonii)
- Ognev's serotine (Eptesicus ognevi)
- Orinoco serotine (Eptesicus orinocensis)
- Oriental serotine (Eptesicus pachyomus)
- Thick-eared bat (Eptesicus pachyotis)
- Lagos serotine (Eptesicus platyops)
- Serotine bat (Eptesicus serotinus)
- Taddei's serotine (Eptesicus taddeii)
- Sombre bat (Eptesicus tatei)
- Ulapes serotine (Eptesicus ulapesensis)
2023 proposed revision
A 2023 study noted divisions within Eptesicus when considering physical characteristics, genetics, echolocation characteristics, and divergence timing, with the authors concluding that Eptesicus should be split into three genera. They described a new genus, Neoeptesicus, and elevated the subgenus Cnephaeus to genus rank.[5]
The Old World Eptesicus species were moved to Cnephaeus:
- Cnephaeus anatolicus
- Cnephaeus bottae
- Cnephaeus floweri
- Cnephaeus gobiensis
- Cnephaeus hottentotus
- Cnephaeus isabellinus
- Cnephaeus japonensis
- Cnephaeus kobayashii
- Cnephaeus nilssonii
- Cnephaeus ognevi
- Cnephaeus pachyomus
- Cnephaeus pachyotis
- Cnephaeus platyops
- Cnephaeus serotinus
- Cnephaeus tatei
The
- Neoeptesicus andinus
- Neoeptesicus brasiliensis
- Neoeptesicus chiriquinus
- Neoeptesicus diminutus
- Neoeptesicus furinalis
- Neoeptesicus innoxius
- Neoeptesicus langeri
- Neoeptesicus orinocensis
- Neoeptesicus taddeii
- Neoeptesicus ulapesensis
These revisions left only two species in Eptesicus:
- Eptesicus fuscus
- Eptesicus guadeloupensis
References
- OCLC 62265494.
- ISBN 9780826213594.
- ISSN 2007-3364.
- ^ Zagorodniuk I. 2009. Morphology of post-calcarial lobe in bats and its variation in Eptesicus “serotinus” (Mammalia). Visnyk Lviv University. Series Biology. 2009. Issue 51.
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