Eptesicus

{{Short description|Genus of bats}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| image = Eptesicus nilssoni.jpg

| image_caption = Northern bat (Eptesicus nilssoni)

| taxon = Eptesicus

| authority = Rafinesque, 1820

| type_species = Eptesicus melanops

| type_species_authority = Rafinesque, 1820

}}

Eptesicus is a genus of bats, commonly called house bats or serotine bats, in the family Vespertilionidae.{{MSW3|id=13801800}} The genus name is likely derived from the Greek words ptetikos 'able to fly' or petomai 'house flier', although this is not certain.{{cite book |last1=Schwartz |first1=Charles Walsh |last2=Schwartz |first2=Elizabeth Reeder |title=The Wild Mammals of Missouri |date=2001 |publisher=University of Missouri Press |location=Columbia, MO |isbn=9780826213594|page=84}}

Species

=Traditional=

The following species have traditionally been placed in Eptesicus{{Cite journal |last1=Acosta Salvatierra |first1=Luis Hernán |last2=Poma-Urey |first2=José Luis |last3=Ossa-López |first3=Paula A |last4=Rivera-Páez |first4=Fredy A |last5=Ramírez-Chaves |first5=Héctor E |date=2021-09-19 |title=A new species of Eptesicus (Mammalia: Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae), from the sub-Andean Forest of Santa Cruz, Bolivia |journal=Therya |volume=12 |issue=3 |pages=391–409 |doi=10.12933/therya-21-1119 |issn=2007-3364|doi-access=free }}

{{Div col|content=*Anatolian serotine (Eptesicus anatolicus)

=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.{{cite journal|doi=10.1590/S1984-4689.v40.e22029 |title=Taxonomic re-evaluation of New World Eptesicus and Histiotus (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae), with the description of a new genus |date=2023 |last1=Cláudio |first1=Vinícius C. |last2=Novaes |first2=Roberto L.M. |last3=Gardner |first3=Alfred L. |last4=Nogueira |first4=Marcelo R. |last5=Wilson |first5=Don E. |last6=Maldonado |first6=Jesús E. |last7=Oliveira |first7=João A. |last8=Moratelli |first8=Ricardo |journal=Zoologia (Curitiba) |volume=40 |doi-access=free }}

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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Category:Bat genera

Category:Taxa named by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque

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