# Eptesicus > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Eptesicus > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Eptesicus.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eptesicus > Source revision: 1235967349 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Genus of bats}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Eptesicus nilssoni.jpg | image_caption = [Northern bat](/source/Northern_bat) (''Eptesicus nilssoni'') | taxon = Eptesicus | authority = [Rafinesque](/source/Constantine_Samuel_Rafinesque), 1820 | type_species = ''[Eptesicus melanops](/source/Big_brown_bat)'' | type_species_authority = Rafinesque, 1820 }} '''''Eptesicus''''' is a genus of [bat](/source/bat)s, commonly called '''house bats''' or '''serotine bats''', in the family [Vespertilionidae](/source/Vespertilionidae).{{MSW3|id=13801800}} The genus name is likely derived from the Greek words ''ptetikos'' 'able to fly' or ''petomai'' 'house flier', although this is not certain.{{cite book |last1=Schwartz |first1=Charles Walsh |last2=Schwartz |first2=Elizabeth Reeder |title=The Wild Mammals of Missouri |date=2001 |publisher=[University of Missouri Press](/source/University_of_Missouri_Press) |location=[Columbia, MO](/source/Columbia%2C_MO) |isbn=9780826213594|page=84}} == Species == ===Traditional=== The following species have traditionally been placed in ''Eptesicus''{{Cite journal |last1=Acosta Salvatierra |first1=Luis Hernán |last2=Poma-Urey |first2=José Luis |last3=Ossa-López |first3=Paula A |last4=Rivera-Páez |first4=Fredy A |last5=Ramírez-Chaves |first5=Héctor E |date=2021-09-19 |title=A new species of Eptesicus (Mammalia: Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae), from the sub-Andean Forest of Santa Cruz, Bolivia |journal=Therya |volume=12 |issue=3 |pages=391–409 |doi=10.12933/therya-21-1119 |issn=2007-3364|doi-access=free }} {{Div col|content=*[Anatolian serotine](/source/Eptesicus_anatolicus) (''Eptesicus anatolicus'') *[Little black serotine](/source/Little_black_serotine) (''Eptesicus andinus'') *[Bobrinski's serotine](/source/Bobrinski's_serotine) (''Eptesicus bobrinskoi'') *[Botta's serotine](/source/Botta's_serotine) (''Eptesicus bottae'') *[Brazilian brown bat](/source/Brazilian_brown_bat) (''Eptesicus brasiliensis'') *[Chiriquinan serotine](/source/Chiriquinan_serotine) (''Eptesicus chiriquinus'') *[Diminutive serotine](/source/Diminutive_serotine) (''Eptesicus diminutus'') *[Horn-skinned bat](/source/Horn-skinned_bat) (''Eptesicus floweri'') *[Argentine brown bat](/source/Argentine_brown_bat) (''Eptesicus furinalis'') *[Big brown bat](/source/Big_brown_bat) (''Eptesicus fuscus'') *[Gobi big brown bat](/source/Gobi_big_brown_bat) (''Eptesicus gobiensis'') *[Guadeloupe big brown bat](/source/Guadeloupe_big_brown_bat) (''Eptesicus guadeloupensis'') *[Long-tailed house bat](/source/Long-tailed_house_bat) (''Eptesicus hottentotus'') *[Harmless serotine](/source/Harmless_serotine) (''Eptesicus innoxius'') *[Meridional serotine](/source/Meridional_serotine) (''Eptesicus isabellinus'') *[Japanese short-tailed bat](/source/Japanese_short-tailed_bat) (''Eptesicus japonensis'') *[Kobayashi's bat](/source/Kobayashi's_bat) (''Eptesicus kobayashii'') *[Langer's serotine](/source/Langer's_serotine) (''Eptesicus langeri'') * ''[Eptesicus lobatus](/source/Eptesicus_lobatus)''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. *[Northern bat](/source/Northern_bat) (''Eptesicus nilssonii'') *[Ognev's serotine](/source/Ognev's_serotine) (''Eptesicus ognevi'') *[Orinoco serotine](/source/Orinoco_serotine) (''Eptesicus orinocensis'') *[Oriental serotine](/source/Oriental_serotine) (''Eptesicus pachyomus'') *[Thick-eared bat](/source/Thick-eared_bat) (''Eptesicus pachyotis'') *[Lagos serotine](/source/Lagos_serotine) (''Eptesicus platyops'') *[Serotine bat](/source/Serotine_bat) (''Eptesicus serotinus'') *[Taddei's serotine](/source/Taddei's_serotine) (''Eptesicus taddeii'') *[Sombre bat](/source/Sombre_bat) (''Eptesicus tatei'') *[Ulapes serotine](/source/Ulapes_serotine) (''Eptesicus ulapesensis'')}} ===2023 proposed revision=== A 2023 study noted divisions within ''Eptesicus'' when considering physical characteristics, genetics, echolocation characteristics, and [divergence timing](/source/Divergent_evolution), with the authors concluding that ''Eptesicus'' should be split into three genera. They described a new genus, ''Neoeptesicus'', and elevated the subgenus ''Cnephaeus'' to genus rank.{{cite journal|doi=10.1590/S1984-4689.v40.e22029 |title=Taxonomic re-evaluation of New World Eptesicus and Histiotus (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae), with the description of a new genus |date=2023 |last1=Cláudio |first1=Vinícius C. |last2=Novaes |first2=Roberto L.M. |last3=Gardner |first3=Alfred L. |last4=Nogueira |first4=Marcelo R. |last5=Wilson |first5=Don E. |last6=Maldonado |first6=Jesús E. |last7=Oliveira |first7=João A. |last8=Moratelli |first8=Ricardo |journal=Zoologia (Curitiba) |volume=40 |doi-access=free }} The [Old World](/source/Old_World) ''Eptesicus'' species were moved to ''Cnephaeus'': * ''Cnephaeus anatolicus'' * ''Cnephaeus bottae'' * ''Cnephaeus floweri'' * ''Cnephaeus gobiensis'' * ''Cnephaeus hottentotus'' * ''Cnephaeus isabellinus'' * ''Cnephaeus japonensis'' * ''Cnephaeus kobayashii'' * ''Cnephaeus nilssonii'' * ''Cnephaeus ognevi'' * ''Cnephaeus pachyomus'' * ''Cnephaeus pachyotis'' * ''Cnephaeus platyops'' * ''Cnephaeus serotinus'' * ''Cnephaeus tatei'' The [Neotropical](/source/Neotropical) species were placed in ''Neoptesicus'': * ''Neoeptesicus andinus'' * ''Neoeptesicus brasiliensis'' * ''Neoeptesicus chiriquinus'' * ''Neoeptesicus diminutus'' * ''Neoeptesicus furinalis'' * ''Neoeptesicus innoxius'' * ''Neoeptesicus langeri'' * ''Neoeptesicus orinocensis'' * ''Neoeptesicus taddeii'' * ''Neoeptesicus ulapesensis'' These revisions left only two species in ''Eptesicus'': * ''Eptesicus fuscus'' * ''Eptesicus guadeloupensis'' ==References== {{Wikispecies}} {{Reflist}} {{Vespertilionidae|V.|E.}} {{Taxonbar|from=Q736473}} {{Authority control}} Category:Eptesicus Category:Bat genera Category:Taxa named by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque {{Vespertilionidae-stub}} --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Eptesicus](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eptesicus) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eptesicus?action=history)). 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