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)
- 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 lobatusZagorodniuk I. 2009. Morphology of post-calcarial lobe in bats and its variation in Eptesicus “serotinus” (Mammalia). Visnyk Lviv University. Series Biology. 2009. Issue 51.
- 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.{{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:Taxa named by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque
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