Taddei's serotine

{{Short description|Species of bat}} {{speciesbox | image = Eptesicus taddeii (10.3897-zoologia.37.e36514) Figures 32–41 (cropped).jpg | status=DD | status_system=IUCN3.1 | status_ref=<ref name="iucn status 19 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=Solari, S. |date=2017 |title=''Eptesicus taddeii'' |volume=2017 |article-number=e.T88151044A88151047 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T88151044A88151047.en |access-date=19 November 2021}}</ref> | genus = Eptesicus | species = taddeii | authority = Miranda, Bernardi & Passos, 2006 }} '''Taddei's serotine''' ('''''Eptesicus taddeii''''') is a species of medium-sized bat belonging to the family Vespertilionidae. It is restricted to the Atlantic Forest of southern Brazil.<ref>{{cite journal |url=http://zoo.bio.ufpr.br/mamifero/A%20new%20species%20of%20Eptesicus%20-%20Mammalia%20-%20Chiroptera%20-%20Vespertilionidae%20-%20from%20the%20Atlantic%20Forest%20Brazil%20Miranda%20et%20al%202006.pdf |title=A new species of ''Eptesicus'' (Mammalia: Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) from the Atlantic Forest, Brazil |journal=Zootaxa |volume=1383 |year=2006 |author=João M. D. Miranda, Itiberê P. Bernardi & Fernando C. Passos |pages=57–68 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706162120/http://zoo.bio.ufpr.br/mamifero/A%20new%20species%20of%20Eptesicus%20-%20Mammalia%20-%20Chiroptera%20-%20Vespertilionidae%20-%20from%20the%20Atlantic%20Forest%20Brazil%20Miranda%20et%20al%202006.pdf |archive-date=2011-07-06 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.1383.1.4}}</ref>

The bat has a total length of up to {{convert|120|mm}} and is most similar to ''Eptesicus brasiliensis'' but can be distinguished from that species by its more robust appearance, redder colouring, larger muzzle and rounder-shaped ears. The specific name honours the Brazilian zoologist Valdir Antônio Taddei.

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Category:Eptesicus Category:Mammals described in 2006 Category:Bats of Brazil