Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Classis: Mammalia
Subclassis: Theria
Infraclassis: Eutheria
Ordo: Chiroptera
Subordo: Microchiroptera
Superfamilia: Vespertilionoidea
Familia: Vespertilionidae
Subfamilia: Vespertilioninae
Tribus: Eptesicini
Genus: Eptesicus
Subgenera: E. (Eptesicus) - E. (Rhinopterus)
Name
Eptesicus Rafinesque, 1820
Type Species: Eptesicus melanops Rafinesque, 1820
Synonyms
* Adelonycteris H. Allen, 1891
* Amblyotis Kolenati, 1858
* Cateorus Kolenati, 1856
* Cnephaeus Kaup, 1829
* Noctula Bonaparte, 1837
* Nyctiptenus Fitzinger, 1870
* Pachyomus Gray, 1866
* Pareptesicus Bianchi, 1917
* Rhyneptesicus Bianchi, 1917
* Scabrifer G. M. Allen, 1908
* Tuitatus Kishida and Mori, 1931
References
* Artyushin, I.V.; Bannikova, A.A.; Lebedev, V.S.; Kruskop, S.V. 2009: Mitochondrial DNA relationships among North Palaearctic Eptesicus (Vespertilionidae, Chiroptera) and past hybridization between Common Serotine and Northern Bat. Zootaxa, 2262: 40-52. Abstract & excerpt
* Rafinesque, 1820. Ann. Nature: 2.
* Eptesicus on Mammal Species of the World.
* Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2 Volume Set edited by Don E. Wilson, DeeAnn M. Reeder
Vernacular names
English: Pipistrelles
Eptesicus is a genus of bats, commonly called house bats, in the family Vespertilionidae.[1]
Species within this genus are:
Genus Eptesicus
* 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)
* Surat Serotine (Eptesicus dimissus)
* 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)
* Japanese short-tailed bat (Eptesicus japonensis)
* Kobayashi's Bat (Eptesicus kobayashii)
* Eptesicus lobatus[2]
* Jamaican Serotine (Eptesicus lynni)
* Sind Bat (Eptesicus nasutus)
* Northern Bat (Eptesicus nilssonii)
* Thick-eared Bat (Eptesicus pachyotis)
* Lagos Serotine (Eptesicus platyops)
* Serotine bat (Eptesicus serotinus)
* Eptesicus taddeii
* Sombre Bat (Eptesicus tatei)
References
1. ^ Simmons, Nancy B. (2005), "Chiroptera", in Wilson, Don E.; Reeder, DeeAnn M., Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed), Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 312–529, ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0, http://www.bucknell.edu/MSW3/browse.asp?s=y&id=13801800, retrieved 2 October 2009
2. ^ 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.
