Cnephaeus floweri

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: Zatheria 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 floweri

Name

Cnephaeus floweri (de Winton, 1901)

• Holotype: BMNH 1903.2.7.14, adult ♂, skin and skull, collected by H.F. Witherby on 12 May 1900.
• Type locality: “Wad Marium about 12 miles [=18 km] from Khartoum on the White Nile”, Sudan.

Combinations

• Glauconycteris floweri de Winton, 1901: 46 [original combination]
• S.[cabrifer] floweri: G.M. Allen, 1908: 46 [subsequent combination]
• Rhinopterus floweri: G.M. Allen, 1939: 97 [subsequent combination]
• Eptesicus (Rhinopterus) floweri: Kock, 1969: 166 [subsequent combination]

Synonyms

• Rhinopterus lowei Thomas, 1915: 559
  • Holotype: BMNH 1915.3.6.70, adult ♂, body in alcohol with skull extracted, collected by Willoughby P. Lowe on 13 December 1913.
  • Type locality: “Blue Nile, 20 miles above Sennar”, Sudan.

Native distribution areas

• Sudan (all records within a 200-mile radius of Ed Dueim)
• Mali (Timbuktu)
• Mauritania (Mahmûdé Lake, Wilaya Hodh Ech Chargui)

References

Primary references

• de Winton, W.E. 1901. On a new species of bat from Soudan. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. Series 7 7(37): 45–46. BHL
• Thomas, O. 1915. On three new bats obtained by Mr. Willoughby Lowe in the Sudan. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. Series 8 15(90): 559–562. BHL

Links

• Monadjem, A., Fahr, J., Cotterill, F., Jacobs, D. & Taylor, P.J. 2017. IUCN: Cnephaeus floweri  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T7926A22118366. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T7926A22118366.en

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Warzen-Breitflügelfledermaus
English: Horn-skinned Serotine
français: Sérotine de Flower