Neoeptesicus andinus

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

Neoeptesicus andinus (J.A. Allen, 1914)

Holotype: AMNH 33807, adult ♂, skin and skull, collected by Arthur A. Allen and Leo E. Miller on 26 March 1912.
Type locality: “Valle de las Papas (alt. 10,000 ft.), Central Andes, Huila, Colombia”.

Eptesicus montosus Thomas, 1920: 363
- Holotype: BMNH 2.1.1.1, adult ♂, skin and skull, collected by Perry O. Simons on 8 May 1901.
- Type locality: “Choro, north of Cochabamba, Highlands of Bolivia, on the upper waters of the R. Mamoré. Alt. 3600 m”.
Eptesicus chiralensis Anthony, 1926: 6
- Holotype: AMNH 47219, adult ♂, skin and skull, collected by H.E. Anthony on 1 August 1920.
- Type locality: “El Chiral, Western Andes, 5350 feet, Provincia del Oro, Ecuador”.

Allen, J.A. 1914. New South American bats and a new octodont. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 33: 381–389. hdl: 2246/1820 Reference page.
Thomas, O. 1920. On Neotropical bats of the genus Eptesicus. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. Series 9 5(28): 360–367. BHL Reference page.
Anthony, H.E. 1926. Preliminary report on Ecuadorean mammals. No. 7. American Museum Novitates 240: 1–6. hdl: 2246/4158 Reference page.
Cláudio, V.C., Novaes, R.L.M., Gardner, A.L., Nogueira, M.R., Wilson, D.E., Maldonado, J.E., Oliveira, J.A. & Moratelli, R. 2023. Taxonomic re-evaluation of New World Eptesicus and Histiotus (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae), with the description of a new genus. Zoologia 40: e22029. DOI: 10.1590/S1984-4689.v40.e22029 Reference page.

Simmons, N.B. & Voss, R.S. 1998. The mammals of Paracou, French Guiana: a Neotropical lowland rainforest fauna. Part 1. Bats. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 237: 1–219. hdl: 2246/1634 Reference page.

Molinari, J. & Aguirre, L. 2016. IUCN: Neoeptesicus andinus (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T7912A22115355. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T7912A22115355.en. Accessed on 10 May 2024.

English: Andean Brown Bat
español: Murciélago marrón andino