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Eptesicus (house bat)

Mammalia - Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1820Eptesicus Rafinesque
1930Eptesicus Hay p. 455
1952Eptesicus Sherman p. 88
1968Eptesicus Choate and Birney
1980Eptesicus Kurten and Anderson p. 122
1994Eptesicus Morgan p. 469
2000Eptesicus Rabon et al. p. 59
2005Eptesicus Czaplewski et al. p. 776
2006Eptesicus Salles et al. p. 8

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
orderChiropteraBlumenbach 1779
suborderYangochiropteraKoopman 1984
superfamilyVespertilionoidea
familyVespertilionidae
genusEptesicusRafinesque 1820

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 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
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: volanto
Diet: omnivoref
Reproduction: viviparouso
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:10
Modified: 2005-06-08 12:11:10
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Nowak 1991, Simmons et al. 2008, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, 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

Collections (78 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Eptesicus aurelianensis (69098)
MN 320.0 - 16.9Germany (Bavaria) Eptesicus aurelianensis (68040)
MN 515.97 - 13.65Germany Eptesicus campanensis (46955)
MN 613.65 - 12.75Portugal (Santarém) Eptesicus campanensis (38137)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246China (Yunnan) Eptesicus sp. (11798)
MN 911.1 - 9.7Hungary (Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén) Eptesicus sp. nov., Eptesicus campanensis (75481)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Texas) Eptesicus hemphillensis (18097)
Late/Upper Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Arizona) Eptesicus sp. (19514)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333China (Yunnan) Eptesicus sp. (44219 44223)
Messinian - Piacenzian7.246 - 2.588South Africa (Cape) Eptesicus sp. (59167)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588South Africa Eptesicus hottentotus, Eptesicus bottae (22339 22341)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (California) Eptesicus fuscus (19708)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Texas) Eptesicus fuscus (20060)
MN 154.2 - 3.2Turkey (Afion) Eptesicus sp. (68570)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Pleistocene3.6 - 0.0117South Africa Eptesicus hottentotus (22333)
Villanyian3.2 - 2.588Hungary (Barany) Eptesicus praeglacialis (35369)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806USA (Florida) Eptesicus sp. (20384)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Romania Eptesicus praeglacialis (71662)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Greece (Chalkidiki) Eptesicus sp. (183123)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (Tennessee) Eptesicus fuscus (74246)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117South Africa Eptesicus capensis (21915)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (West Virginia) Eptesicus fuscus (123875 124319)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0USA (West Virginia) Eptesicus grandis (79663)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0South Africa Eptesicus capensis, Eptesicus hottentotus (21949)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Maryland) Eptesicus grandis (20302)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Texas) Eptesicus fuscus (20164)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (West Virginia) Eptesicus fuscus (20554 20555)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Virginia) Eptesicus fuscus (20388)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Arkansas) Eptesicus grandis (20290)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Germany (Niedersachsen) Eptesicus nilssoni (50249)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Austria (Niederoesterreich) Eptesicus serotinus (50258)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Hungary (Borsodabaujzemplen) Eptesicus nilssonii (35472)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Hungary Eptesicus sp. (35476)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Virginia) Eptesicus fuscus (104662)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012USA (Florida) Eptesicus fuscus (195112)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Bahamas (Great Abaco Island) Eptesicus fuscus (144663)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (New Mexico) Eptesicus fuscus (76060)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (West Virginia) Eptesicus fuscus (93332 124199)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.129 - 0.0117Venezuela (Zulia) Eptesicus fuscus (63515)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Alabama) Eptesicus fuscus (84195)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Texas) Eptesicus fuscus (74473)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Georgia) Eptesicus grandis (13066)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Peru Eptesicus sp. (71346)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Cuba (Pinar del Río) Eptesicus fuscus (78640)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Eptesicus fuscus (154722)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) Eptesicus fuscus (103991 104758 124089) Eptesicus sp. (104676) Eptesicus sp., Eptesicus fuscus, Eptesicus grandis (82258)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0USA (Virginia) Eptesicus fuscus (104034 104035) Eptesicus sp., Eptesicus fuscus (104672)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Brazil (Bahia) Eptesicus brasiliensis (71313)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0USA (Missouri) Eptesicus fuscus (63565 63566 63568 63569 63571)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Bahamas (San Salvador) Eptesicus fuscus (190743)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Puerto Rico Eptesicus fuscus (194492 231343 231345)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Bahamas Eptesicus fuscus (194597)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Virginia) Eptesicus sp. (104040)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Cayman Islands (Grand Cayman) Eptesicus fuscus (144132 210532)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Greece (Boeotia) Eptesicus serotinus (203845)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Australia (Western Australia) Eptesicus punilus (191983)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Arizona) Eptesicus fuscus (63723 233123)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Venezuela (Guarico) Eptesicus furinalis (21686)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0South Africa (N. Transraal) Eptesicus capensis (21693)