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Eptesicus

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Description

Eptesicus is a genus of bats, commonly called house bats or serotine bats, in the family Vespertilionidae. The genus name is likely derived from the Greek words ptetikos ("able to fly") or petomai ("house flier"), although this is not certain.

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eptesicus, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	2432345	https://www.gbif.org/species/2432345
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	40671	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=40671

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Chiroptera : Vespertilionidae : Eptesicus

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Triploblastica	Lankester 1877
-	Nephrozoa	Jondelius et al. 2002
-	Deuterostomia	Grobben 1908
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1847
subphylum	Vertebrata	Lamarck 1801
superclass	Gnathostomata	Gegenbauer 1874
-	Osteichthyes
-	Sarcopterygii	Romer 1955
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha
-	Tetrapoda
-	Reptiliomorpha	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Anthracosauria	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Batrachosauria
-	Cotylosauria
-	Amniota	Haeckel 1866
-	Synapsida	Osborn 1903
-	Therapsida
infraorder	Cynodontia
-	Epicynodontia	Hopson and Kitching 2001
infraorder	Eucynodontia	Kemp 1982
-	Probainognathia	Hopson 1990
-	Mammaliamorpha	Rowe 1988
-	Mammaliaformes	Rowe 1988
class	Mammalia	Linnaeus 1758
subclass	Tribosphenida
infraclass	Eutheria
-	Placentalia	Owen 1837
-	Laurasiatheria	Waddell et al. 1999
-	Scrotifera	Waddell et al. 1999
order	Chiroptera	Blumenbach 1779
suborder	Microchiroptera	Dobson 1875
superfamily	Vespertilionoidea
family	Vespertilionidae	Gray 1821
genus	Eptesicus	Rafinesque 1820

Common Name

house bat

Scientific Name

Eptesicus Rafinesque, 1820

Name Published In

Rafinesque, Constantine S. 1820. Annals of Nature, or annual synopsis of new genera and species of animals, plants, etc. discovered in North America. Vol. 1.

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Eptesicus	genus	belongs to Vespertilionidae	stated without evidence	Sherman, 1952
Eptesicus	genus	belongs to Vespertilionae	stated without evidence	Kurten and Anderson, 1980
Eptesicus	genus	belongs to Vespertilionidae	stated without evidence	Rabon et al., 2000
Eptesicus	genus	belongs to Vespertilionidae	stated with evidence	Czaplewski et al., 2005
Eptesicus	genus	belongs to Vespertilionidae	stated without evidence	Salles et al., 2006

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

2 (25%)

First Recorded Appearance

20.0 - 16.9 Ma
Miocene

Environment

terrestrial (based on Chiroptera)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)

Diet

omnivore (based on Vespertilionidae)

Reproduction

viviparous (based on Chiroptera)

Taphonomy

phosphatic (based on Vertebrata)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

B. Kurten and E. Anderson. 1980. Pleistocene mammals of North America

Common Name(s)

Big Brown Bats, House Bat

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eptesicus

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Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Eptesicus anatolicus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Eptesicus andinus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Eptesicus aurelianensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	20.0 Ma Miocene	16.9 Ma Miocene
Eptesicus bottae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Eptesicus brasiliensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Eptesicus campanensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	16.0 Ma Miocene	11.1 Ma Miocene
Eptesicus chiriquinus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Eptesicus diminutus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Eptesicus dimissus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Eptesicus dorianus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Eptesicus floweri species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Eptesicus furinalis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Eptesicus fuscus species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	Big Brown Bat	39	4.90 Ma Pliocene	0 Ma Extant
Eptesicus gobiensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Eptesicus guadeloupensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Eptesicus hottentotus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Eptesicus innoxius species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Eptesicus japonensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Eptesicus jubatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Eptesicus kobayashii species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Eptesicus kowalskii ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Eptesicus macleayii species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Eptesicus matroka species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Eptesicus mossoczyi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Eptesicus nasutus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Eptesicus nilssonii species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Eptesicus noctuloides ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Eptesicus pachyotis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Eptesicus platyops species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Eptesicus praeglacialis species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	3.20 Ma Pliocene	2.59 Ma Pleistocene
Eptesicus serotinus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Eptesicus taddeii species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Eptesicus tatei species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Scabrifer Allen, 1908	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Chiroptera : Vespertilionidae : *Scabrifer*
Rhinopterus Miller, 1906	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Chiroptera : Vespertilionidae : *Rhinopterus*
Adelonycteris Allen, 1892	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Chiroptera : Vespertilionidae : *Adelonycteris*
Noctula Bonaparte, 1837	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Chiroptera : Vespertilionidae : *Noctula*
Pachyomus Gray, 1866	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Chiroptera : Vespertilionidae : *Pachyomus*
Tuitatus Kishida & Mori, 1931	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Chiroptera : Vespertilionidae : *Tuitatus*
Pareptesicus Bianchi, 1924	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Chiroptera : Vespertilionidae : *Pareptesicus*
Nyctiptenus Fitzinger, 1870	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Chiroptera : Vespertilionidae : *Nyctiptenus*
Cateorus Kolenati, 1856	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Chiroptera : Vespertilionidae : *Cateorus*
Cnephaeus Kaup, 1829	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Chiroptera : Vespertilionidae : *Cnephaeus*
Amblyotis Kolenati, 1858	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Chiroptera : Vespertilionidae : *Amblyotis*
Rhyneptesicus Bianchi, 1924	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Chiroptera : Vespertilionidae : *Rhyneptesicus*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1820	Eptesicus Rafinesque
1952	Eptesicus Sherman p. 88
1980	Eptesicus Kurten and Anderson p. 122
2000	Eptesicus Rabon et al. p. 59
2005	Eptesicus Czaplewski et al. p. 776
2006	Eptesicus Salles et al. p. 8

References

Kurten B., Anderson E. (1980) , Pleistocene mammals of North America, 1-442

Sherman H. B. (1952) A list and bibliography of the mammals of Florida, living and extinct, Quarterly Journal of the Florida Academy of Sciences 15 2, 86-126

Rabon D. R., Webster W. D., et al (2000) Pleistocene bats of the southeastern United States, with comments on their hypothetical occurrences in North Carolina, Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society 116 1, 57-68

Czaplewski N. J., Rincón A. D., et al (2005) Fossil bat (Mammalia: Chiroptera) remains from Inciarte tar pit, Sierra de Perijá, Venezuela., Caribbean Journal of Science 41 4, 768-781

Salles L. O., Cartelle C., et al (2006) Quaternary mammals from Serra do Bodoquena, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil, Boletim do Museu Nacional 521, 1-12

Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 1992: null. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing. xviii + 1207. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000/McKenna & Bell, 1997 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. (editors). (2005). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd Ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore. 2,142 pp. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner, 1987: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. Resource Publication, no. 166. 79. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

Annals of Nature, 1 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Simmons, Nancy B. / Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 2005: Order Chiroptera. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2. 312-529. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

SN2000/McKenna & Bell, 1997, PaleoDB - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Hall, R. (2004) Däggdjur - via Dyntaxa. Svensk taxonomisk databas

De Jong, Y.; Verbeek, M.; Michelsen, V.; Bjørn, P. D. P.; Los, W.; Steeman, F.; Bailly, N.; Basire, C.; Chylarecki, P.; Stloukal, E.; Hagedorn, G.; Wetzel, F.; Glöckler, F.; Kroupa, A.; Korb, G.; Hoffmann, A.; Häuser, C.; Kohlbecker, A.; Müller, A.; Güntsch, A.; Stoev, P.; Penev, L. (2014). Fauna Europaea – all European animal species on the web. Biodiversity Data Journal. 2: e4034. - via World Register of Marine Species

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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