Eptesicus hottentotus bensoni

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: Eptesicus
Subgenus: Eptesicus (Eptesicus)
Species: Eptesicus hottentotus
Subspecies: Eptesicus hottentotus bensoni

Name

Eptesicus hottentotus bensoni Roberts, 1946: 305

• Holotype: TM 9167, adult ♂, skin and skull, collected by Constantine Walter Benson on 31 October 1939.
• Type locality: “Ncheu [=Ntcheu], Nyasaland [=Malawi]”.

Native distribution areas

• E Zambia
• Malawi
• NW Mozambique
• Zimbabwe
• Botswana
• Lesotho
• E South Africa

References

Primary references

• Roberts, A. 1946. Descriptions of numerous new subspecies of mammals. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 20(4): 303–328.

Additional references

• Kearney, T.C., Van Cakenberghe, V., Seamark, E.C.J., Ndhlovu, C. & Cohen, L. 2008. Notes on the taxonomy and distribution of Eptesicus hottentotus (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) and reidentification of some museum voucher specimens. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 45: 127–134.

Links

• Eptesicus hottentotus bensoni in Mammal Species of the World.
  Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.