Cnephaeus japonensis

(Imaizumi, 1953)

Japanese 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

Imaizumi, Y. 1953. A new species of Eptesicus from Japan (Mammalia: Chiroptera). Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Tokyo 33:91-95.

Original name as described

Eptesicus japonensis

Other common names

Japanese Northern Bat · Japanese Short-tailed Bat

Type material

NSMT-M 2060

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Hokujô-Mura (Shinden), 720 m, Kita-Azumi-Gun, Nagano Prefecture, Central Honshu, Japan.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Japan

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/1005525

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 japonensis

(Imaizumi, 1953)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

japonensis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

NSMT-M 2060

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

91

Authority publication

Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Tokyo

Name usages

  1. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #136823) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #136823) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:853) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  5. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136823/209552552) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

E. n. japonensis

(Koopman, 1994)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

japonensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

119

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Koopman (1994:119) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)

Cnephaeus japonensis

Mammal Diversity Database, 2024

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

japonensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination · unpublished_electronic

Authority page URI

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005525

Name usages

Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005525) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

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