Eptesicus Rafinesque 1820 (house bat)

Mammalia - Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae

Parent taxon: Vespertilionidae according to N. J. Czaplewski et al. 2005

See also Choate and Birney 1968, Kurten and Anderson 1980, Morgan 1994, Rabon et al. 2000, Salles et al. 2006 and Sherman 1952

Sister taxa: Ancenycteris, Anzanycteris, Barbastella, Chadronycteris, Corynorhinus, Hanakia, Ia, Karstala, Kerivoulinae, Khonsunycteris, Lasionycteris, Lasiurus, Miniopterus, Miomyotis, Miostrellus, Murina, Myotinae, Myotis, Noctilioninia, Nyctalus, Nycticeius, Nyctophylinae, Oligomyotis, Paleptesicus, Phyllostomina, Pipistrellus, Plionycteris, Potamonycteris, Pteropina, Rhinolophina, Rhogeessa, Scotomanes, Scotophilus, Shanwangia, Simonycteris, Stehlinia, Suaptenos, Synemporion, Tylonycteris, Vespertilio, Vespertilionae, Vespertilionina, Vespertilioninae

Subtaxa: Eptesicus aurelianensis Eptesicus campanensis Eptesicus fuscus Eptesicus kowalskii Eptesicus mossoczyi Eptesicus noctuloides Eptesicus praeglacialis

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Ecology: volant omnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Australia (1 collection), Austria (1), the Bahamas (3), Brazil (1), Cayman Islands (2), Cuba (1), Germany (1), Greece (2), Hungary (2), Peru (1), Puerto Rico (3), Romania (1), South Africa (3), United States (36: Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, Missouri, New Mexico, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia), Venezuela (2)

• Blancan of United States (2: California, Texas)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of South Africa (1)

• Pliocene of Hungary (1), South Africa (2), Turkey (1)

• Hemphillian of United States (2: Arizona, Texas)

• Miocene to Pliocene of South Africa (1)

• Miocene of China (3), Germany (3), Hungary (1), Portugal (1)

Total: 78 collections including 85 occurrences

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