Cnephaeus hottentotus

Taxonavigation

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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
Subclassis: Trechnotheria
Infraclassis: Zatheria
Supercohors: Theria
Cohors: Eutheria
Infraclassis: Placentalia
Cladus: 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

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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

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  • 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

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

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Vernacular names

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