Cnephaeus platyops

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 platyops

Name

Cnephaeus platyops (Thomas, 1901)

• Holotype: BMNH 1888.5.17.3, adult ♀, body in alcohol with skull extracted, presented by G.E. Dobson.
• Type locality: “Lagos”, Western Region, Nigeria.

Combinations

• Vespertilio platyops Thomas, 1901: 31 [Original combination]
• Eptesicus platyops: G.M. Allen, 1939: 86 [subsequent combination]
• Eptesicus serotinus platyops: Kock, 1969: 214 [subsequent combination, reduced to subspecies]
• Cnephaeus platyops: Cláudio et al., 2023: 2 [subsequent combination]

Native distribution areas

• Nigeria (Lagos)
• Senegal (unspecified locality)
• Equatorial Guinea (Bioko Island)

References

Primary references

• Thomas, O. 1901. Some new African bats (including one from the Azores) and a new Galago. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History series 7 8: 27-34. 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

• Schlitter, D. 2008. IUCN: Cnephaeus platyops  (Data Deficient) . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2008: e.T7937A12872967. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T7937A12872967.en

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Lagos-Breitflügelfledermaus
English: Lagos Serotine
français: Sérotine de Lagos