{{Short description|Species of vesper bat}} {{Speciesbox | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name="iucn">{{cite iucn |author=Srinivasulu, C.|author2=Srinivasulu, A.|date=2020|title=''Eptesicus ognevi'' |volume=2020|article-number=e.T85198662A85198671 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T85198662A85198671.en|access-date=8 February 2022}}</ref> | taxon = Eptesicus ognevi | authority = Bobrinski, 1918 | synonyms = *''Eptesicus bottae ognevi'' *''Cnephaeus ognevi'' }}
'''Ognev's serotine''' ('''''Eptesicus ognevi''''') is a species of vesper bat found in western and central Asia.<ref name=":0">{{Cite mdd|title=''Cnephaeus ognevi'' (Bobrinski, 1918)|id=1005527|access-date=2022-02-08}}</ref>
== Taxonomy == Described in 1918 by Nikolay Alekseyevich Bobrinski, it was later synonymized with Botta's serotine (''E. bottae'') of Western Asia and Egypt. However, a 2013 genetic study found that while there were very subtle morphological differences between both taxa, mtDNA and nuclear DNA analyses supported both taxa being distinct from one another, and they were thus split as distinct species.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Juste|first1=Javier|last2=Benda|first2=Petr|last3=Garcia-Mudarra|first3=Juan Luis|last4=Ibáñez|first4=Carlos|date=2013|title=Phylogeny and systematics of Old World serotine bats (genus Eptesicus, Vespertilionidae, Chiroptera): an integrative approach|url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/zsc.12020|journal=Zoologica Scripta|language=en|volume=42|issue=5|pages=441–457|doi=10.1111/zsc.12020|issn=1463-6409|hdl=10261/80441|s2cid=52950923 |hdl-access=free}}</ref> The results of this study have been followed by the American Society of Mammalogists, the IUCN Red List, and the ITIS.<ref name="iucn" /><ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite ITIS |taxon= Eptesicus ognevi|id=946447#null|access-date=2022-02-08}}</ref>
== Distribution and habitat == It is known from the Caucasus, Central Asia, and northern South Asia, ranging from Georgia east to Kazakhstan and south to Kashmir. It is known from northern Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, northernmost India, northeastern Iran, southern Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, northernmost Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. It inhabits arid and semiarid habitats including steppe and rocky mountains. It roosts in crevices, such as natural rock crevices, buildings, and ruins, including tombs.<ref name="iucn" />
== Status == This species has a wide range and no major threats, so it is considered Least Concern by the IUCN, although it is naturally uncommon in the eastern part of its range. It may be threatened by habitat degradation across parts of its range, and as it roosts in ruins, tourism-related development activities may negatively impact populations.<ref name="iucn" />
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Category:Eptesicus Category:Mammals of Afghanistan Category:Mammals of Pakistan Category:Bats of Asia Category:Mammals described in 1918