Cnephaeus platyops

(O. Thomas, 1901)

Lagos 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

Thomas, O. 1901-07-01. Some new African bats (including one from the Azores) and a new Galago. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7)8(43):27-34.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29980033

Original name as described

Vespertilio platyops

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1888.5.17.3

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/d9219e1f-6ec3-42c6-aee1-5f2d916359b0

Type locality

"Lagos," Western Region, Nigeria.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Nigeria · Equatorial Guinea · Senegal

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/1005530

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.

Vespertilio platyops

(O. Thomas, 1901)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

platyops

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1888.5.17.3

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/d9219e1f-6ec3-42c6-aee1-5f2d916359b0

Authority page

31

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29980033

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Eptesicus platyops

(Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

platyops

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

69

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:69) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:175) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Corbet & Hill (1991:79) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  4. Koopman (1993:203) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69007)
  5. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  6. Happold & Happold (2013:557) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #7937) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #7937) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  9. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:847) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  10. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/7937/22120759) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

E. s. platyops

(Koopman, 1994)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

platyops

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

120

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Koopman (1994:120) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)

Cnephaeus platyops

Mammal Diversity Database, 2024

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

platyops

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination · unpublished_electronic

Authority page URI

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005530

Name usages

Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005530) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

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