Cnephaeus nilssonii

(von Keyserling & J. H. Blasius, 1839)

Northern Serotine

Side view, close-up. Formerly Eptesicus nilssonii. Also as Northern Bat.
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Location:Czech Republic, Plzen or South Bohemia, Sumava MountainsDate taken:Jan 1, 1982

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 961

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Keyserling, A. von and Blasius, J.H. 1839. Uebersicht der Gattungs- und Artcharaktere der europäischen Fledermäuse. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 1839(1):293-331.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24904226

Original name as described

Vesperugo Nilssonii

Other common names

Northern Bat

Type locality

Sweden.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

France · Germany · Switzerland · Liechtenstein · Italy · Austria · Czech Republic · Hungary · Slovakia · Slovenia · Romania · Ukraine · Poland · Belarus · Lithuania · Latvia · Estonia · Norway · Sweden · Finland · Russia · Armenia · Azerbaijan · Iran · Kazakhstan · Kyrgyzstan? · Mongolia · China · Japan · North Korea · South Korea

Taxonomy notes

moved from Eptesicus to Cnephaeus

Taxonomy notes citation

Cláudio, V.C., Novaes, R.L.M., Gardner, A.L., Nogueira, M.R., Wilson, D.E., Maldonado, J.E., Oliveira, J.A. de and 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. doi:10.1590/S1984-4689.v40.e22029

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005526

Country distribution map

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KnownPredicted distribution

Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 29 names and synonyms.

Vespertilio borealis

(Nilsson, 1838)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

borealis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Authority page

pl. 34 (renumbered 36), upper figure

Authority publication

Lund

Name usages

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

Vespertilio kuhlii

(Nilsson, 1838)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

kuhlii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Authority page

pl. 34, upper figure

Authority publication

Lund

Vesperugo Nilssonii

(von Keyserling & J. H. Blasius, 1839)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

nilssonii

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

315

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24904226

Authority publication

Archiv für Naturgeschichte

Name usages

Keyserling & Blasius (1839:315, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24904226) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/56536)

Pipistrellus Nilsonii

(Lesson, 1842)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

nilsonii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

namecombination · incorrectsubsequent_spelling

Authority page

29

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1842:29) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Vespertilio Nilsonii

(Lesson, 1842)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

nilsonii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

24

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1842:24) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  2. Schinz (1844:153) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36043)

Amblyotus atratus

(F. A. Kolenati, 1858)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

atratus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

252

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6436705

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

  1. Fitzinger (1870:415, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6704842) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37091)
  2. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Vesperugo (Vesperus) borealis

(von Schrenck, 1859)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

borealis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

108

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33479251

Authority publication

Saint Petersburg

Name usages

  1. Schrenck (1859:108, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33479251) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67819)
  2. Radde (1861:678, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11850868) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68932)
  3. Radde (1862:127, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16012605) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68933)
  4. Trouessart (1878:238, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33975521) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58780)
  5. Acloque (1900:35) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59737)
  6. Seabra (1900:93) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68463)

Scotophilus borealis

(E. Blyth, 1863)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

borealis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

32

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534708

Authority publication

Calcutta

Name usages

  1. Blyth (1863:32, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534708) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37155)
  2. Murray (1866:348, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580344) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)

Vesperus Nilssonii

(Fitzinger, 1870)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

nilssonii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

102

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6704505

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

Fitzinger (1870:102, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6704505) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37104)

Vesperus propinquus

(W. C. H. Peters, 1872)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

propinquus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB 2704[a], ZMB 2704[b]

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

262

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35721192

Authority publication

Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin

Name usages

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

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