Cnephaeus bottae

(W. C. H. Peters, 1869)

Botta's Serotine

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Peters, W.C.H. 1869. Bemerkungen über neue oder weniger bekannte Flederthiere, besonders des Pariser Museums. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1869:393-408.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36276619

Original name as described

Vesperus Bottae

Other common names

Botta's Serotine Bat

Type material

MNHN-ZM-MO-1987-297

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1987-297

Type locality

"Arabien." Restricted by I. A. Nader and D. Kock in 1990 to the area between Hodeida, Hays, Ta'izz and Al Mukha, south-western Yemen.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic · Palearctic

Country distribution

Egypt · Sudan? · Djibouti? · Eritrea? · Somalia? · Israel · Palestine · Jordan · Saudi Arabia · Oman · Yemen · United Arab Emirates · Syria · Iraq · Kuwait · Iran

Taxonomy notes

previously included E. anatolicus and E. ognevi, which have all been included under E. serotinus in some publications; moved from Eptesicus to Cnephaeus

Taxonomy notes citation

Juste, J., Benda, P., Garcia-Mudarra, J. L., & Ibanez, C. (2013). Phylogeny and systematics of Old World serotine bats (genus Eptesicus, Vespertilionidae, Chiroptera): an integrative approach. Zoologica Scripta, 42(5), 441-457. · 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/1005513

Country distribution map

The map below provides a general overview. Most species inhabit only specific regions within countries. Known distribution is shown in green and predicted distribution is in yellow. Hover over the highlighted regions to see the country name.

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.

Vesperus Bottae

(W. C. H. Peters, 1869)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

bottae

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-MO-1987-297

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1987-297

Authority page

406

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36276619

Authority publication

Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin

Vesperugo (Vesperus) Innesi

(Lataste, 1887)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

innesi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1919.7.7.3528

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/9a03c37e-01fa-45aa-92e5-c8878038d523

Authority page

625

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/61244592

Authority publication

Annali del Museo civico di storia naturale di Genova

Name usages

Noack (1891:139, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7781029) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38509)

Eptesicus hingstoni

(O. Thomas, 1919)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

hingstoni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1919.3.1.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/2f1a14b1-8aba-4b4f-834e-539bf080d3cf

Authority page

745

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2050380

Authority publication

Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society

Eptesicus innesi

(S. S. Flower, 1932)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

innesi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

382

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Flower (1932:382) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14201)

Eptesicus bottae omanensis

(D. L. Harrison, 1976)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

omanensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1979.162

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/b06df073-0ab2-401e-b690-38a45c2e340d https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/d017bb4f-ccff-4d92-acf4-84afca2a48b1

Authority page

415

Authority publication

Mammalia

Name usages

  1. Koopman (1994:120) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
  2. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  3. Juste, Benda, Garcia-Mudarra & Ibáñez (2013:447) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/12420)
  4. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:848) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Eptesicus bottae

(Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

bottae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

69

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:69) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:172, 173) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Corbet & Hill (1991:78) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  4. Koopman (1993:200) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69007)
  5. Koopman (1994:120) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
  6. Bates & Harrison (1997:153) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27903)
  7. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  8. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:437) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  9. Mayer, Dietz & Kiefer (2007:2) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/1655)
  10. Benda, Faizolâhi, Andreas, Obuch, Reiter, Ševčík, Uhrin, Vallo & Ashrafi (2012:384) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/25233)
  11. Juste, Benda, Garcia-Mudarra & Ibáñez (2013:447) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/12420)
  12. Happold & Happold (2013:552) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)
  13. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #7915) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  14. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #7915) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  15. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:848) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  16. Mensoor (2021:46) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59172)
  17. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/85197425/22114599) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Eptesicus bottae taftanimontis

(de Roguin, 1988)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

taftanimontis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MHNG 1703.100

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

598

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41228870

Authority publication

Revue suisse de Zoologie

Name usages

  1. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  2. Juste, Benda, Garcia-Mudarra & Ibáñez (2013:447) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/12420)
  3. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:848) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

E. b. bottae

(Koopman, 1994)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

bottae

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. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  3. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:848) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

E. b. hingstoni

(Koopman, 1994)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

hingstoni

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. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  3. Juste, Benda, Garcia-Mudarra & Ibáñez (2013:447) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/12420)
  4. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:848) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

E. b. innesi

(Koopman, 1994)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

innesi

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. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  3. Juste, Benda, Garcia-Mudarra & Ibáñez (2013:447) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/12420)
  4. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:848) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Cnephaeus bottae

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

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

bottae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

21

Authority publication

Zoologia (Curitiba)

Name usages

  1. Cláudio, Novaes, Gardner, Nogueira, Wilson, Maldonado, Oliveira & Moratelli (2023:21) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/62645)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005513) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

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