Cnephaeus serotinus
(von Schreber, 1774)
Eurasian 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
Authority citation
Schreber, J.C.D. von. 1774. pl. 53. P. pl. 53 in Schreber, J.C.D. von. 1774-1855. Die Säugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur, mit Beschreibungen. Walther, Erlangen.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31060100Original name as described
Vespertilio serotinus
Other common names
Big Brown Bat · Common Serotine Bat · European Serotine Bat · Silky Bat
Type locality
France.
Biogeographic realm
Palearctic
Country distribution
United Kingdom · Portugal · Spain · France · Belgium · Netherlands · Luxembourg · Germany · Denmark · Sweden · Switzerland · Liechtenstein · Italy · Austria · Czech Republic · Poland · Slovakia · Hungary · Slovenia · Croatia · Bosnia and Herzegovina · Serbia · Kosovo · Montenegro · Albania · North Macedonia · Greece · Bulgaria · Romania · Moldova · Ukraine · Belarus · Lithuania · Latvia · Russia · Georgia · Armenia · Azerbaijan · Turkey · Cyprus · Syria · Lebanon · Israel · Iran · Kazakhstan · Uzbekistan · Turkmenistan · Kyrgyzstan · Tajikistan · Afghanistan · China
Taxonomy notes
previously included E. pachyomus and E. isabellinus; may include E. kobayashii, but the species is tentatively retained here; the species also includes the recently described lobatus, which was described for populations from Ukraine to the Caucasus; these populations likely represent either the taxon turcomanus or mirza, which may be distinct species in their own right (either two distinct species, or a single species including both names); the taxonomic status of the eastern portion of the distribution of E. serotinus has yet to be determined; moved from Eptesicus to Cnephaeus
Taxonomy notes citation
Zagorodniuk, I. 2009. Morphology of post-calcarial lobe in bats and its variation in Eptesicus "serotinus" (Mammalia). Visnyk of the Lviv University. Series Biology, 51: 157–175. (In Ukrainian) · Juste, J., Benda, P., Garcia-Mudarra, J. L., & Ibanez, C. (2013). Phylogeny and systematics of Old World serotine bats (genus Eptesicus, Vespertilionidae, Chiroptera): an integrative approach. Zoologica Scripta, 42(5), 441-457. · Zagorodniuk, I., & Kandaurov, A. Biogeography of the serotine bat Eptesicus lobatus: a hypothesis on Caucasian roots based on morphological data. Novitates Theriologicae, 9, 96-104. · 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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