Neoeptesicus andinus

(J. A. Allen, 1914)

Little Black Serotine

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Chiroptera
Suborder : Vespertilioniformes
Superfamily : Vespertilionoidea
Family : Vespertilionidae
Subfamily : Vespertilioninae
Tribe : Eptesicini
Genus : Neoeptesicus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Allen, J.A. 1914-07-09. New South American bats and a new octodont. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 33(29):381-389.

Authority publication link

https://hdl.handle.net/2246/1820

Original name as described

Eptesicus andinus

Other common names

Andean Brown Bat

Type material

AMNH M-33807

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-33807

Type locality

"Valle de las Papas (alt. 10,000 ft. [= 3048 m]), Central Andes, Huila, Colombia."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Venezuela · Colombia · Ecuador · Peru · Bolivia · Brazil · Guyana?

Taxonomy notes

moved from Eptesicus to the recently described Neoeptesicus

Taxonomy notes citation

Cláudio, V. C., Novaes, R. L., Gardner, A. L., Nogueira, M. R., Wilson, D. E., Maldonado, J. E., ... & Moratelli, R. (2023). Taxonomic re-evaluation of New World Eptesicus and Histiotus (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae), with the description of a new genus. Zoologia (Curitiba), 40, e22029.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005512

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Eptesicus andinus

(J. A. Allen, 1914)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

andinus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-33807

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-33807

Authority page

382

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Shamel (1945:108, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34566066) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17258)
  2. Davis (1965:235) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/12768)
  3. Thomas (1972:151) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/50336)
  4. Anderson (1997:265) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5773)
  5. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #7912) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #7912) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:844) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/7912/22115355) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Eptesicus montosus

(O. Thomas, 1920)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

montosus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1902.1.1.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/09542d99-63c0-4eb5-8a54-039dfffe545e

Authority page

363

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15625418

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Shamel (1945:108, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34566066) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17258)
  2. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Eptesicus chiralensis

(H. E. Anthony, 1926)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

chiralensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-47219

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-47219

Authority page

6

Authority publication

American Museum Novitates

Name usages

  1. Shamel (1945:109, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34566067) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17258)
  2. Davis (1965:239) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/12768)
  3. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Eptesicus andinus andinus

(W. B. Davis, 1965)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

andinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

239

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalogy

Name usages

Davis (1965:239) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/12768)

Eptesicus andinus montosus

(W. B. Davis, 1965)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

montosus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

239

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalogy

Name usages

Davis (1965:239) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/12768)

E. b. andinus

(Koopman, 1994)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

andinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

120

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Koopman (1994:120) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)

E. f. chiralensis

(Koopman, 1994)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

chiralensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

120

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Koopman (1994:120) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)

E. f. montosus

(Koopman, 1994)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

montosus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

120

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

  1. Koopman (1994:120) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
  2. Anderson (1997:267) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5773)

Neoeptesicus andinus

Cláudio, Novaes, A. L. Gardner, Nogueira, D. E. Wilson, Maldonado, J. A. de Oliveira, & Moratelli, 2023

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

andinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

13

Authority publication

Zoologia (Curitiba)

Name usages

  1. Cláudio, Novaes, Gardner, Nogueira, Wilson, Maldonado, Oliveira & Moratelli (2023:13) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/62645)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005512) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

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