Neoeptesicus diminutus

Neoeptesicus diminutus

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: Neoeptesicus
Species: Neoeptesicus diminutus
Subspecies (2): N. d. diminutus – N. d. fidelis

Name

Neoeptesicus diminutus (Osgood, 1915)

• Holotype: FMNH 20971, adult ♂, skin and skull, collected by Robert H. Becker on 23 March 1914.
• Type locality: “Sa˜o [sic] Marcello, Rio Preto, Bahia, Brazil”.

Combinations

• Eptesicus andinus Osgood, 1915: 197 [Original combination]
• Neoeptesicus andinus: Cláudio et al., 2023: 13 [subsequent combination]

Native distribution areas

• Venezuela
• Brazil
• Paraguay
• Uruguay
• N Argentina

References

Primary references

• Osgood, W.H. 1915. New Mammals from Brazil and Peru. Field Museum of Natural History, Zoological Series 10(13): 187–198. BHL 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. 

Links

• González, E.M. & Barquez, R. 2016. IUCN: Neoeptesicus diminutus  (Least Concern) (errata version published in 2017). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T7922A115087028. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T7922A22118742.en. Accessed on 10 May 2024.

Vernacular names

English: Diminutive Serotine
português do Brasil: Morcego-marrom-diminuto