Eptesicini

{{Short description|Tribe of bats}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Big Brown Bats (Eptesicus fuscus).jpg | image_caption = Big brown bats (''Eptesicus fuscus'') | taxon = Eptesicini | authority = Volleth and Heller, 1994 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = See text }}

'''Eptescini''' is a tribe of bats in the family Vespertilionidae. This tribe has a cosmopolitan distribution.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Eptesicini/classification/|title=ADW: Eptesicini: CLASSIFICATION|website=animaldiversity.org|access-date=2020-04-22}}</ref>

== Species == Species in the tribe include:<ref>{{Citation|last=Mammal Diversity Database|title=Mammal Diversity Database|date=2021-08-10|doi=10.5281/zenodo.5175993 |url=https://zenodo.org/record/5175993|access-date=2021-09-17}}</ref>

* Genus ''Arielulus'' ** Bronze sprite, ''Arielulus circumdatus'' ** Coppery sprite, ''Arielulus cuprosus'' ** Social sprite, ''Arielulus societatis'' *Genus ''Eptesicus'' – house bats ** Anatolian serotine, ''Eptesicus anatolicus'' ** Little black serotine, ''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'' ** 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'' ** Harmless serotine, ''Eptesicus innoxius'' ** Meridional serotine, ''Eptesicus isabellinus'' ** Japanese short-tailed bat, ''Eptesicus japonensis'' ** Kobayashi's bat, ''Eptesicus kobayashii'' ** Langer's serotine, ''Eptesicus langeri'' ** ''Eptesicus lobatus''<ref>Zagorodniuk I. 2009. Morphology of post-calcarial lobe in bats and its variation in ''Eptesicus "serotinus"'' (Mammalia). Visnyk Lviv University. Series Biology. 2009. Issue 51.</ref> ** Northern bat, ''Eptesicus nilssonii'' ** Ognev's serotine, ''Eptesicus ognevi'' **Orinoco serotine (''Eptesicus orinocensis'') ** Oriental serotine, ''Eptesicus pachyomus'' ** Thick-eared bat, ''Eptesicus pachyotis'' ** Lagos serotine, ''Eptesicus platyops'' ** Serotine bat, ''Eptesicus serotinus'' ** Taddei's serotine, ''Eptesicus taddeii'' ** Sombre bat, ''Eptesicus tatei'' ** Ulapes serotine, ''Eptesicus ulapesensis'' * Genus ''Glauconycteris'' – butterfly bats ** Allen's striped bat, ''Glauconycteris alboguttata'' ** Silvered bat, ''Glauconycteris argentata'' ** Blackish butterfly bat, ''Glauconycteris atra'' ** Beatrix's bat, ''Glauconycteris beatrix'' ** Curry's bat, ''Glauconycteris curryae'' ** Bibundi bat, ''Glauconycteris egeria'' ** Glen's wattled bat, ''Glauconycteris gleni'' ** Allen's spotted bat, ''Glauconycteris humeralis'' ** Kenyan wattled bat, ''Glauconycteris kenyacola'' ** Machado's butterfly bat, ''Glauconycteris machadoi'' ** Abo bat, ''Glauconycteris poensis'' ** Pied butterfly bat, ''Glauconycteris superba'' ** Variegated butterfly bat, ''Glauconycteris variegata'' * Genus ''Hesperoptenus'' – false serotine bats ** Blanford's bat, ''Hesperoptenus blanfordi'' ** False serotine bat, ''Hesperoptenus doriae'' ** Gaskell's false serotine, ''Hesperoptenus gaskelli'' ** Tickell's bat, ''Hesperoptenus tickelli'' ** Large false serotine, ''Hesperoptenus tomesi''<ref name=":0" /> * Genus ''Histiotus'' – big-eared brown bats ** Strange big-eared brown bat, ''Histiotus alienus'' ** Cadena-García's big-eared brown bat, ''Histiotus cadenai'' ** Colombian big-eared brown bat, ''Histiotus colombiae'' ** Transparent-winged big-eared brown bat, ''Histiotus diaphanopterus'' ** Humboldt big-eared brown bat, ''Histiotus humboldti'' ** Thomas's big-eared brown bat, ''Histiotus laephotis'' ** Big-eared brown bat, ''Histiotus macrotus'' ** Southern big-eared brown bat, ''Histiotus magellanicus'' **Moche big-eared brown bat, ''Histiotus mochica'' ** Small big-eared brown bat, ''Histiotus montanus'' ** Tropical big-eared brown bat, ''Histiotus velatus'' * Genus ''Ia'' ** Great evening bat, ''Ia io'' * Genus ''Lasionycteris'' ** Silver-haired bat, ''Lasionycteris noctivagans'' * Genus ''Scoteanax'' ** Rüppell's broad-nosed bat, ''Scoteanax rueppellii'' * Genus ''Scotomanes'' ** Harlequin bat, ''Scotomanes ornatus'' * Genus ''Scotorepens'' - lesser broad-nosed bats ** Inland broad-nosed bat, ''Scotorepens balstoni'' ** Little broad-nosed bat, ''Scotorepens greyii'' ** Eastern broad-nosed bat, ''Scotorepens orion'' ** Northern broad-nosed bat, ''Scotorepens sanborni'' * Genus ''Thainycteris'' ** Collared sprite, ''Thainycteris aureocollaris'' ** Necklace sprite, ''Thainycteris torquatus''

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Category:Bats Category:Mammal tribes Category:Vespertilionidae