Cnephaeus floweri

(de Winton, 1901)

Horn-skinned 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

de Winton, W.E. 1901-01-01. On a new species of bat from the Soudan. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7)7(37):45-46.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26195577

Original name as described

Glauconycteris floweri

Other common names

Flower's Serotine · Sudan Horn-skinned Bat

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1903.2.7.14

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/aded24d4-5593-4794-b520-f2b656ccf988

Type locality

"Wad Mariun [= Wad Madani] about 12 miles [= 19 km] from Khartoum on White Nile," Sudan.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Sudan · Mauritania · Mali? · Chad? · Niger?

Taxonomy notes

moved from Eptesicus to Cnephaeus

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/1005517

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.

Glauconycteris floweri

(de Winton, 1901)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

floweri

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1903.2.7.14

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/aded24d4-5593-4794-b520-f2b656ccf988

Authority page

46

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26195577

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Vespertilio Floweri

(O. Thomas, 1905)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

floweri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

574

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19215221

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Thomas (1905:574, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19215221) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16357)

Rhinopterus floweri

(G. S. Miller, 1906)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

floweri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

85

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2348063

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

Miller (1906:85, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2348063) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15504)

Rhinopterus lowei

(O. Thomas, 1915)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

lowei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1915.3.6.70

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/6ca49422-f33a-45bb-8959-92076dba615b

Authority page

559

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15613293

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Eptesicus floweri

(Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

floweri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

70

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:70) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:173) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Corbet & Hill (1991:79) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  4. Koopman (1993:201) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69007)
  5. Koopman (1994:121) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
  6. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  7. Happold & Happold (2013:554) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #7926) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #7926) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  10. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:846) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  11. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/7926/22118366) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Cnephaeus floweri

Mammal Diversity Database, 2024

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

floweri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination · unpublished_electronic

Authority page URI

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005517

Name usages

Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005517) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

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