Eptesicus

Eptesicus
Northern bat (Eptesicus nilssoni)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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. The genus name is likely derived from the Greek words ptetikos 'able to fly' or petomai 'house flier', although this is not certain.

Species

Traditional

The following species have traditionally been placed in Eptesicus

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.

The Old World Eptesicus species were moved to Cnephaeus:

The Neotropical species were placed in Neoeptesicus:

These revisions left only two species in Eptesicus:

References

  1. ↑ Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M., eds. (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: 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.