Cnephaeus gobiensis

(Bobrinski, 1926)

Gobi 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

Bobrinski, N.A. 1926. Пледварительное сообщение о летучих мышах (Chiroptepa) из Центральной Азии. Доклады Академии наук СССР (A)1926:95-98.

Original name as described

Eptesicus nilssoni gobiensis

Other common names

Gobi Big Brown Bat

Type material

ZIN S. 2135

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Burchastei-tala, Gobi Altai Mountains, Mongolia.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Iran · Kazakhstan · Kyrgyzstan · Tajikistan · Russia · Mongolia · China · Afghanistan · Pakistan · India · Nepal?

Taxonomy notes

includes bobrinskoi; moved from Eptesicus to Cnephaeus

Taxonomy notes citation

Artyushin, I. V., Lebedev, V. S., Smirnov, D. G., & Kruskop, S. V. (2012). Taxonomic position of the Bobrinski's serotine (Eptesicus bobrinskoi, Vespertilionidae, Chiroptera). Acta Chiropterologica, 14(2), 291-303. · 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

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