Cnephaeus hottentotus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Vespertilionoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Cladotheria Cladus: Prototribosphenida Cladus: Zatheria Cladus: Tribosphenida Cladus: Boreosphenida Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Cladus: Scrotifera Ordo: Chiroptera Subordo: Yangochiroptera Superfamilia: Vespertilionoidea

Familia: Vespertilionidae
Subfamilia: Vespertilioninae
Tribus: Nycticeiini
Genus: Cnephaeus
Species: Cnephaeus hottentotus
Subspecies (3): C. h. bensoni – C. h. hottentotus – C. h. portavernus

Name

Cnephaeus hottentotus (Smith, 1833)

• Holotype: unknown.
• Type locality: “South Africa - Uitenhage and Albany”, restricted to “Uitenhage”, Eastern Cape Prov., South Africa, by Ellerman, Morrison-Scott & Hayman (1953: 76).

Combinations

• Vespertilio hottentota Smith, 1833: 59 [original combination]
• E.[ptesicus] hottentotus: Roberts, 1946: 305 [subsequent combination]
• Eptesicus serotinus hottentotus: Kock, 1969: 214 [subsequent combination, reduce to subspecies]

Native distribution areas

• SW Angola
• Namibia
• South Africa
• Lesotho
• Botswana
• Zimbabwe
• Mozambique
• Zambia
• Malawi
• SW Kenya

References

Primary references

• Smith, A. 1833. African Zoology. Part I. South African Quarterly Journal Series 2, 1(2): 49–64. BHL

Additional references

• Kearney, T.C., Van Cakenberghe, V., Seamark, E.C.J., Ndhlovu, C. & Cohen, L. 2008. Notes on the taxonomy and distribution of Eptesicus hottentotus (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) and reidentification of some museum voucher specimens. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 45: 127–134.

Links

• Monadjem, A., Cotterill, F. & Jacobs, D. 2017. IUCN: Cnephaeus hottentotus  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T7931A22117704. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T7931A22117704.en

Vernacular names

Afrikaans: Langstert-dakvlermuis
Deutsch: Hottentotten-Breitflügel-fledermaus
English: Long-tailed Serotine
français: Sérotine hottentote