Neoeptesicus brasiliensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Vespertilionoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Trechnotheria Infraclassis: Zatheria Supercohors: Theria Cohors: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Cladus: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Ordo: Chiroptera Subordo: Yangochiroptera Superfamilia: Vespertilionoidea

Familia: Vespertilionidae
Subfamilia: Vespertilioninae
Tribus: Eptesicini
Genus: Neoeptesicus
Species: Neoeptesicus brasiliensis
Subspecies (4): N. b. argentinus – N. b. brasiliensis – N. b. melanopterus – N. b. thomasi

Name

Neoeptesicus brasiliensis (Desmarest, 1819)

• Syntypes (3): MNHN, collected by Auguste Saint-Hilaire.
• Type locality: “Brésil”, restricted to “Goiaz [=Goiás]” by Cabrera (1958: 105).

Combinations

• Vespertilio brasiliensis Desmarest, 1819: 478 [original combination]
• Eptesicus brasiliensis: Thomas, 1920: 367 [subsequent combination]
• Neoeptesicus brasiliensis: Cláudio et al., 2023: 13 [subsequent combination]

Native distribution areas

• Mexico (Veracruz) south to north Argentina, Paraguay, and Uruguay
• Trinidad & Tobago

References

Primary references

• Desmarest 1819. Vespertilion. p. 461–481 In Nouveau dictionnaire d’histoire naturelle, appliquée aux arts, à l’agriculture, à l’économie rurale et domestique, à lamédecine, etc. Par une société de naturalistes et d’agriculteurs. Tome XXXV. Nouv. ed. Deterville: Paris. 572 pp. BHL
• Cláudio, V.C., Novaes, R.L.M., Gardner, A.L., Nogueira, M.R., Wilson, D.E., Maldonado, J.E., Oliveira, J.A. & Moratelli, R. 2023. Taxonomic re-evaluation of New World Eptesicus and Histiotus (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae), with the description of a new genus. Zoologia 40: e22029. DOI: 10.1590/S1984-4689.v40.e22029 Reference page. 

Links

• Barquez, R., Perez, S., Miller, B. & Diaz, M. 2016. IUCN: Neoeptesicus brasiliensis  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T7916A22114459. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T7916A22114459.en

Vernacular names

English: Brazilian Brown Bat
español: Murciélago marrón brasileño
português do Brasil: Morcego-marrom-brasileiro