Eptesicus

Eptesicus (Eptesicus) nilssoni

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Vespertilionoidea

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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 in Mammal Species of the World.
  Don E. Wilson & DeeAnn M. Reeder (eds) (2005). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed).

Vernacular names

English: Pipistrelles.

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