Neoeptesicus orinocensis

(Ramírez-Chaves, D. M. Morales-Martínez, W. A. Pérez, Velásquez-Guarín, Mejía-Fontecha, Ortiz-Giraldo, Ossa-López, & Rivera-Páez, 2021)

Orinoco Serotine

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Chiroptera
Suborder : Vespertilioniformes
Superfamily : Vespertilionoidea
Family : Vespertilionidae
Subfamily : Vespertilioninae
Tribe : Eptesicini
Genus : Neoeptesicus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild

Authority citation

Ramírez-Chaves, H.E., Morales-Martínez, D.M., Pérez, W.A., Velásquez-Guarín, D., Mejía-Fontecha, I.Y., Ortiz-Giraldo, M., Ossa-López, P.A. and Rivera-Páez, F.A. 2021-08-13. A new species of small Eptesicus Rafinesque (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) from northern South America. Zootaxa 5020(3):489-520.

Authority publication link

https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5020.3.4

Original name as described

Eptesicus orinocensis

Other common names

Orinoco Brown Bat

Type material

MHNUCa 2930

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Campus Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Vereda Mategallina, Municipality of Arauca, Department of Arauca, Colombia (7.0023528 N, -70.7456111 W, elevation 132 m)."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Colombia · Venezuela · Guyana?

Taxonomy notes

recently described; moved from Eptesicus to the recently described Neoeptesicus

Taxonomy notes citation

Ramírez-Chaves, H. E., Morales-Martínez, D. M., Pérez, W. A., Velásquez-Guarín, D., Mejía-Fontecha, I. Y., Ortiz-Giraldo, M., Ossa-López, P. A., & Páez, F. A. R. (2021). A new species of small Eptesicus Rafinesque (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) from northern South America. Zootaxa, 5020(3), 489-520. · 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/1006597

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 orinocensis

(Ramírez-Chaves, D. M. Morales-Martínez, W. A. Pérez, Velásquez-Guarín, Mejía-Fontecha, Ortiz-Giraldo, Ossa-López, & Rivera-Páez, 2021)

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

orinocensis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MHNUCa 2930

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

504

Authority publication

Zootaxa

Neoeptesicus orinocensis

Cláudio, Novaes, A. L. Gardner, Nogueira, D. E. Wilson, Maldonado, J. A. de Oliveira, & Moratelli, 2023

Family

Vespertilionidae

Root name

orinocensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

13

Authority publication

Zoologia (Curitiba)

Name usages

  1. Cláudio, Novaes, Gardner, Nogueira, Wilson, Maldonado, Oliveira & Moratelli (2023:13) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/62645)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006597) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

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