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Eptesicus (house bat)
Taxonomy
Eptesicus was named by Rafinesque (1820). It is extant. Its type is Vespertilio fuscus.
It was assigned to Vespertilionae by Kurten and Anderson (1980); and to Vespertilionidae by Hay (1930), Sherman (1952), Choate and Birney (1968), Morgan (1994), Rabon et al. (2000), Czaplewski et al. (2005), Salles et al. (2006).
It was assigned to Vespertilionae by Kurten and Anderson (1980); and to Vespertilionidae by Hay (1930), Sherman (1952), Choate and Birney (1968), Morgan (1994), Rabon et al. (2000), Czaplewski et al. (2005), Salles et al. (2006).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1820 | Eptesicus Rafinesque |
| 1930 | Eptesicus Hay p. 455 |
| 1952 | Eptesicus Sherman p. 88 |
| 1968 | Eptesicus Choate and Birney |
| 1980 | Eptesicus Kurten and Anderson p. 122 |
| 1994 | Eptesicus Morgan p. 469 |
| 2000 | Eptesicus Rabon et al. p. 59 |
| 2005 | Eptesicus Czaplewski et al. p. 776 |
| 2006 | Eptesicus Salles et al. p. 8 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. Eptesicus Rafinesque 1820 [house bat]
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†Eptesicus aurelianensis Ziegler 1993
†Eptesicus campanensis Baudelot 1970
Eptesicus fuscus Beauvois 1796 [big brown bat]
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Invalid names: Eptesicus grandis Brown 1908 [synonym]
Eptesicus fuscus wetmorei Jackson 1916
†Eptesicus kowalskii Woloszyn 1987
†Eptesicus mossoczyi Woloszyn 1987
†Eptesicus noctuloides Lartet 1851
†Eptesicus praeglacialis Kormos 1930
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Simmons et al. 2008, Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the MN 3 to the top of the Holocene or 20.00000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 16.9 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 16.9 Ma
Collections (76 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burdigalian | Germany (Baden-Württemberg) | Eptesicus aurelianensis (69098) | |
| MN 3 | Germany (Bavaria) | Eptesicus aurelianensis (68040) | |
| MN 5 | Germany | Eptesicus campanensis (46955) | |
| MN 6 | Portugal (Santarém) | Eptesicus campanensis (38137) | |
| Tortonian | China (Yunnan) | Eptesicus sp. (11798) | |
| MN 9 | Hungary (Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén) | Eptesicus sp. nov., Eptesicus campanensis (75481) | |
| Hemphillian | USA (Texas) | Eptesicus hemphillensis (18097) | |
| Late/Upper Hemphillian | USA (Arizona) | Eptesicus sp. (19514) | |
| Turolian | China (Yunnan) | Eptesicus sp. (44219 44223) | |
| Messinian - Piacenzian | South Africa (Cape) | Eptesicus sp. (59167) | |
| Pliocene | South Africa | Eptesicus hottentotus, Eptesicus bottae (22339 22341) | |
| Blancan | USA (Texas) | Eptesicus fuscus (20060) | |
| Blancan | USA (California) | Eptesicus fuscus (19708) | |
| MN 15 | Türkiye (Afion) | Eptesicus sp. (68570) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene - Pleistocene | South Africa | Eptesicus hottentotus (22333) | |
| Villafranchian | Hungary (Barany) | Eptesicus praeglacialis (35369) | |
| Gelasian | USA (Florida) | Eptesicus sp. (20384) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Romania | Eptesicus praeglacialis (71662) | |
| Pleistocene | Greece (Chalkidiki) | Eptesicus sp. (183123) | |
| Pleistocene | USA (Tennessee) | Eptesicus fuscus (74246) | |
| Pleistocene | USA (West Virginia) | Eptesicus fuscus (123875 124319) | |
| Pleistocene | South Africa | Eptesicus capensis (21915) | |
| Pleistocene - Holocene | South Africa | Eptesicus capensis, Eptesicus hottentotus (21949) | |
| Pleistocene - Holocene | USA (West Virginia) | Eptesicus grandis (79663) | |
| Irvingtonian | USA (Virginia) | Eptesicus fuscus (20388) | |
| Irvingtonian | USA (Texas) | Eptesicus fuscus (20164) | |
| Irvingtonian | USA (Arkansas) | Eptesicus grandis (20290) | |
| Irvingtonian | USA (West Virginia) | Eptesicus fuscus (20554 20555) | |
| Irvingtonian | USA (Maryland) | Eptesicus grandis (20302) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Germany (Niedersachsen) | Eptesicus nilssoni (50249) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Austria (Niederoesterreich) | Eptesicus serotinus (50258) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Hungary | Eptesicus sp. (35476) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Hungary (Borsodabaujzemplen) | Eptesicus nilssonii (35472) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | USA (Virginia) | Eptesicus fuscus (104662) | |
| Rancholabrean | USA (Florida) | Eptesicus fuscus (195112) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Georgia) | Eptesicus grandis (13066) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial) | USA (New Mexico) | Eptesicus fuscus (76060) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Peru | Eptesicus sp. (71346) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Bahamas (Great Abaco Island) | Eptesicus fuscus (144663) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Virginia) | Eptesicus fuscus (103991 104758 124089) Eptesicus sp. (104676) Eptesicus sp., Eptesicus fuscus, Eptesicus grandis (82258) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Texas) | Eptesicus fuscus (74473) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial) | Venezuela (Zulia) | Eptesicus fuscus (63515) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Cuba (Pinar del Río) | Eptesicus fuscus (78640) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial) | USA (Florida) | Eptesicus fuscus (154722) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Alabama) | Eptesicus fuscus (84195) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (West Virginia) | Eptesicus fuscus (93332 124199) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | USA (Virginia) | Eptesicus fuscus (104034 104035) Eptesicus sp., Eptesicus fuscus (104672) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | Brazil (Bahia) | Eptesicus brasiliensis (71313) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | Bahamas (San Salvador) | Eptesicus fuscus (190743) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | USA (Missouri) | Eptesicus fuscus (63565 63566 63568 63569 63571) | |
| Holocene | South Africa (N. Transraal) | Eptesicus capensis (21693) | |
| Holocene | USA (Virginia) | Eptesicus sp. (104040) | |
| Holocene | Bahamas | Eptesicus fuscus (194597) | |
| Holocene | USA (Arizona) | Eptesicus fuscus (63723 233123) | |
| Holocene | Cayman Islands (Grand Cayman) | Eptesicus fuscus (144132 210532) | |
| Holocene | Spain | Eptesicus serotinus (235636) | |
| Holocene | Australia (Western Australia) | Eptesicus punilus (191983) | |
| Holocene | Greece (Boeotia) | Eptesicus serotinus (203845) | |
| Holocene | Venezuela (Guarico) | Eptesicus furinalis (21686) |