Neoeptesicus innoxius

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 innoxius

Name

Neoeptesicus innoxius (Gervais, 1841)

• Holotype: MNHN-ZM-AC-A6987, ♂, collected by L.F.A. Souleyet & F. Eydoux in 1838.
• Type locality: “Omatopé, au Pérou” [=Amotape, Piura, Peru].

Combinations

• Vespertilio innoxius Gervais, 1841: 35 [Original combination]
• Eptesicus innoxius: Cabrera, 1958: 107 [subsequent combination]
• Neoeptesicus innoxius: Cláudio et al., 2023: 13 [subsequent combination]

Synonyms

• Vespertilio espadae Cabrera, 1901: 368 [synonymized by Cabrera (1958: 107)]
  • Holotype: MNCN 568, adult ♂, body in alcohol with skull extracted, collected by Jiménez de la Espada on November 1864.
  • Type locality: “Babahoyo”, Los Ríos, Ecuador.
• Eptesicus punicus Thomas, 1920: 364 [synonymized by Cabrera (1958: 107)]
  • Holotype: BMNH 99.8.1.1, adult ♂, skin and skull, collected by Perry O. Simons on 1 November 1899.
  • Type locality: “Puna [Island]. Alt. 10 m.”, Guayas, Ecuador.

Native distribution areas

• W Ecuador, including Puna Island (Loja, El Oro, Guayas, Los Ríos, Cotopaxi, Bolívar, Santo Domingo and Esmeraldas provinces)
• NW Peru (Tumbes, Piura and Lambayeque provinces)

References

Primary references

• Gervais, P. 1841. Mammifères. pp. 1–68. In Zoologie. Eydoux, J.F.T. & Souleyet, L.F.A. (Eds.). Voyage autour du Monde exécuté pendant les années 1836 et 1837 sur la corvette La Bonite commandée par M. Vaillant. Arthus Bertrand: Paris. 4: xl + 334 pp.; Atlas: plates 1–12. BHL Reference page. 
• Cabrera, A. 1901. Descripción de tres nuevos mamíferos americanos. Boletín de la Sociedad Española de Historia Natural 1: 367–673. BHL
• 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. 
• Cabrera, Á. 1958. Catálogo de los mamíferos de América del Sur. Tomo I (Metatheria, Unguiculata y Carnivora). Revista del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales "Bernardino Rivadavia". Zoología 4 (1): 1–308. 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

• Velazco, P. & Aguirre, L. 2016. IUCN: Neoeptesicus innoxius  (Near Threatened). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T7932A22117829. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T7932A22117829.en

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Ecuador-Breitflügelfledermaus
English: Harmless Serotine
español: Murciélago marrón del Pacífico