Eptesicus

Eptesicus
Northern bat (Eptesicus nilssoni)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Vespertilionidae
Tribe: Eptesicini
Genus: Eptesicus
Rafinesque, 1820
Type species
Eptesicus melanops
Rafinesque, 1820

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

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Traditional

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The following species have traditionally been placed in Eptesicus[3]

2023 proposed revision

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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 Neotropical species were placed in Neoptesicus:

  • 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

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  1. ^ Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M., eds. (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
  2. ^ Schwartz, Charles Walsh; Schwartz, Elizabeth Reeder (2001). The Wild Mammals of Missouri. Columbia, MO: University of Missouri Press. p. 84. ISBN 9780826213594.
  3. ^ Acosta Salvatierra, Luis Hernán; Poma-Urey, José Luis; Ossa-López, Paula A; Rivera-Páez, Fredy A; Ramírez-Chaves, Héctor E (2021-09-19). "A new species of Eptesicus (Mammalia: Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae), from the sub-Andean Forest of Santa Cruz, Bolivia". Therya. 12 (3): 391–409. doi:10.12933/therya-21-1119. ISSN 2007-3364.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ Cláudio, Vinícius C.; Novaes, Roberto L.M.; Gardner, Alfred L.; Nogueira, Marcelo R.; Wilson, Don E.; Maldonado, Jesús E.; Oliveira, João A.; Moratelli, Ricardo (2023). "Taxonomic re-evaluation of New World Eptesicus and Histiotus (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae), with the description of a new genus". Zoologia (Curitiba). 40. doi:10.1590/S1984-4689.v40.e22029.
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