Cnephaeus hottentotus portavernus

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: Cnephaeus hottentotus portavernus

Name

Cnephaeus hottentotus portavernus (Schlitter & Aggundey, 1986)

• Holotype: CM 89000, adult ♂, skin and skull, collected by D.A. Schlitter on 30 September 1985.
• Type locality: “Hell's Gate Canyon (= Njorowa Gorge), 20 km S, 14 km W Naivasha, Naivasha Dist., Rift Valley Prov., Kenya (0°54 S, 36°19 E)”.
• Paratype (1): USNM 375919, adult ♀, body in alcohol with skull extracted, from “Njorowa Gorge, near Lake Naivasha, Rift Valley, 6400 feet, Kenya (0°55 S, 36°19 E)”; collected by A.D. Forbes-Watson on 20 September 1965.

Combinations

• Eptesicus hottentotus portavernus Schlitter & Aggundey, 1986: 172 [original combination]

Native distribution areas

• SW Kenya: Rift Valley province.

References

Primary references

• Schlitter, D.A. & Aggundey, I.R. 1986. Systematics of African bats of the genus Eptesicus (Mammalia: Vespertilionidae). 1. Taxonomic status of the large serotines of Eastern and southern Africa. Cimbebasia (A) 8(20): 167–174.

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.