Eptesicus (Genus)

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Eptesicus or House bats are a genus of in the Vespertilionidae family.

Species within this genus are:

Eptesicus andinus (Eptesicus andinus)
Bobrinski's Serotine (Eptesicus bobrinskoi)
Botta's Serotine (Eptesicus bottae)
Brazilian Brown Bat (Eptesicus brasiliensis)
Chiriquinan serotine (Eptesicus chiriquinus)
Diminutive Serotine (Eptesicus diminutus)
Surat Serotine (Eptesicus dimissus)
Horn-skinned Bat (Eptesicus floweri)
Argentine Brown Bat (Eptesicus furinalis)
Big brown bat (Eptesicus fuscus)
Gobi Big Brown Bat (Eptesicus gobiensis)
Guadeloupe Big Brown Bat (Eptesicus guadeloupensis)
Long-tailed House Bat (Eptesicus hottentotus)
Harmles Serotine (Eptesicus innoxius)
Japanese short-tailed bat (Eptesicusjaponensis)
Kobayashi's Bat (Eptesicus kobayashii)
Eptesicus matroka (Eptesicus matroka)
Sind Bat (Eptesicus nasutus)
Northern Bat (Eptesicus nilssonii)
Thick-eared Bat (Eptesicus pachyotis)
Lagos Serotine (Eptesicus platyops)
Serotine bat (Eptesicus serotinus)
Eptesicus taddeii (Eptesicus taddeii)
Sombre Bat (Eptesicus tatei)

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Taxonomy

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Domain: Eukaryota Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Animalia Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
  - Subkingdom: Bilateria (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - bilaterians
    - Branch: Deuterostomia Grobben, 1908 - Deuterostomes
      - Infrakingdom: Chordonia (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
        Phylum: Chordata Bateson, 1885 - Chordates
        Subphylum: Vertebrata Cuvier, 1812 - Vertebrates
        Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Auct. - Jawed Vertebrates
        Superclass: Tetrapoda Goodrich, 1930 - Tetrapods
        Class: Mammalia C. Linnaeus, 1758 - Mammals
        Subclass: Theriiformes (Rowe, 1988) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
        Infraclass: Holotheria (Wible Et Al., 1995) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
        Superlegion: Trechnotheria Mckenna, 1975
        Legion: Cladotheria Mckenna, 1975
        Sublegion: Zatheria Mckenna, 1975
        Infralegion: Tribosphenida (Mckenna, 1975) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
        Supercohort: Theria (Parker & Haswell, 1897) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997 - Therians
        Cohort: Placentalia (Owen, 1837) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997 - Placentals
        Magnorder: Epitheria (Mckenna, 1975) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
        Superorder: Preptotheria (Mckenna, 1975) Mckenna, in Stucky & Mckenna, in Benton, Ed., 1993
        Grandorder: Archonta (Gregory, 1910) Mckenna, 1975
        Order: Chiroptera Blumenbach, 1779 - Bats
        Suborder: Microchiroptera Dobson, 1875
        Infraorder: Yangochiroptera Koopman, 1984
        Superfamily: Vespertilionoidea (Gray, 1821) Gill, 1872
        Family: Vespertilionidae Gray, 1821
        Subfamily: Vespertilioninae
        Tribe: Vespertilionini
        Genus: Eptesicus Rafinesque, 1820 - Big Brown Bats

The Genus Eptesicus is further organized into finer groupings including:

Species: ZipcodeZoo has pages for 88 species and subspecies in the Genus Eptesicus: E. andersoni · E. andinus · E. aurelianensis · E. baverstocki (Inland Forest Bat) · E. bobrinskoi (Bobrinski's Serotine) · E. bottae (Botta's Serotine) · E. bottae anatolicus · E. bottae hingstoni · E. bottae ognevi · E. bottae omanensis · E. brasiliensis (Brazilian Brown Bat) · E. brasiliensis andinus · E. brasiliensis argentinus · E. brasiliensis brasiliensis · E. brasiliensis thomasi · E. brunneus (Dark-Brown Serotine) · E. campanensis · E. capensis (Cape Serotine) · E. capensis damarensis · E. caurinus · E. chiriquinus · E. darlingtoni (Large Forest Bat) · E. demissus (Surat Serotine) · E. diminutus (Diminutive Serotine) · E. dimissus (Surat Serotine) · E. douglasorum (Yellow-Lipped Bat) · E. fidelis · E. finlaysoni (Big Brown Bats) · E. flavescens (Yellow Serotine) · E. floweri (Horn-Skinned Bat) · E. furinalis (Argentine Brown Bat) · E. furinalis furinalis (Argentine Brown Bat) · E. furinalis gaumeri · E. furinalis guamen · E. fuscus (Big Brown Bat) · E. fuscus bernardinus · E. fuscus dutertreus · E. fuscus fuscus · E. fuscus miradorensis · E. fuscus osceola · E. fuscus pallidus · E. fuscus peninsulae · E. fuscus penninsulae · E. fuscus petersoni · E. fuscus wetmorei (Big Brown Bat) · E. gaumeri · E. gobiensis (Gobi Big Brown Bat) · E. grandis · E. guadeloupensis (Guadeloupe Big Brown Bat) · E. guineensis (Tiny Serotine) · E. hingstoni · E. hottentotus (Long-Tailed House Bat) · E. innoxius (Harmles Serotine) · E. kobayashii (Kobayashi's Serotine) · E. lynni · E. matroka · E. melckorum (Melck's House Bat) · E. montosus · E. murinus · E. nasutus (Sind Bat) · E. nasutus nasutus · E. nilssoni (Northern Bat) · E. nilssoni nilssoni · E. nilssonii · E. pachyotis (Thick-Eared Bat) · E. phasma · E. platyops (Lagos Serotine) · E. praeglacialis · E. propinquus · E. pumilus (Eastern Forest Bat) · E. pumilus caurinus · E. regulus (Southern Forest Bat) · E. rendalli (Rendall's Serotine) · E. sagittula (Large Forest Bat) · E. serotinus (Serotine) · E. serotinus isabellinus · E. serotinus pachyomus · E. serotinus pallens (Serotine) · E. serotinus serotinus · E. serotinus turcomanus · E. somalicus (Somali Serotine) · E. somalicus vansoni · E. tatei (Sombre Bat) · E. tenuipinnis (White-Winged Serotine) · E. troughtoni (Big Brown Bats) · E. vulturnus (Little Forest Bat) · E. walli · E. zuluensis

References

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D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder, 2005: Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third Edition. The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore

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