Neoeptesicus diminutus

(Osgood, 1915)

Diminutive 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

Osgood, W.H. 1915-10-22. New mammals from Brazil and Peru. Field Museum of Natural History, Zoological Series 10(13):187-198.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2643065

Original name as described

Eptesicus diminutus

Other common names

Little Serotine

Type material

FMNH:Mamm:20971

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/fmnh/mammals?id=9d613910-4c1c-4d1e-ad54-0613f14836d9

Type locality

"Saõ Marcello, Rio Preto, Bahia, Brazil."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Venezuela · Brazil · Paraguay · Uruguay · Argentina · Bolivia

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/1005516

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 diminutus

(Osgood, 1915)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

diminutus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

FMNH:Mamm:20971

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/fmnh/mammals?id=9d613910-4c1c-4d1e-ad54-0613f14836d9

Authority page

197

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2643065

Authority publication

Field Museum of Natural History, Zoological Series

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. Corbet & Hill (1980:69) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  4. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:173) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  5. Corbet & Hill (1991:79) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  6. Koopman (1993:201) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69007)
  7. Koopman (1994:121) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
  8. Reis & Muller (1995:33) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34685)
  9. Reis, Peracchi & Sekiama (1999:505) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/40441)
  10. Hoofer & Van Den Bussche (2003:38) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/1645)
  11. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  12. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #7922) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  13. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #7922) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  14. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:844) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  15. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/7922/115087028) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Eptesicus fidelis

(O. Thomas, 1920)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

fidelis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1901.2.4.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/6f6a1a21-f4c1-48c2-ad0a-10aca1b53291

Authority page

366

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15625421

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Shamel (1945:109, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34566067) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17258)

Eptesicus dimidiatus

(Handley, 1976)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

dimidiatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

37

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7798515

Authority publication

Brigham Young University Science Bulletin

E. d. diminutus

(Koopman, 1994)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

diminutus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

121

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

  1. Koopman (1994:121) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
  2. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  3. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:844) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

E. d. fidelis

(Koopman, 1994)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

fidelis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

121

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

  1. Koopman (1994:121) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
  2. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  3. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:844) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Eptesicus fidens

(J. Muñoz, 2001)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

fidens

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

210

Authority publication

Medellín

Neoeptesicus diminutus

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

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

diminutus

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/1005516) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

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