Neoeptesicus orinocensis

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: Neoeptesicus
Species: Neoeptesicus orinocensis

Name

Neoeptesicus orinocensis (Ramírez-Chaves, Morales-Martínez, Pérez, Velásquez-Guarín, Mejía-Fontecha, Ortíz-Giraldo, Ossa-López & Rivera-Páez, 2021)

• Holotype: MHNUCa 2930, adult ♀, skin and skull, collected by Daniela Velásquez-Guarín on 27 July 2019.
• Type locality: “Campus Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Vereda Mategallina, Municipality of Arauca, Department of Arauca, Colombia (7.0023528 N, -70.7456111 W, elevation 132 m)”.

Combinations

• Eptesicus orinocensis Ramírez-Chaves, Morales-Martínez, Pérez, Velásquez-Guarín, Mejía-Fontecha, Ortiz-Giraldo, Ossa-López & Rivera-Páez, 2021: 504 [Original combination]
• Neoeptesicus orinocensis: Cláudio et al., 2023: 13 [subsequent combination]

Native distribution areas

• Colombia
• Venezuela

References

Primary references

• Ramírez-Chaves, H.E., Morales-Martínez, D.M., Pérez, W.A., Velásquez-Guarín, D., Mejía-Fontecha, I.Y., Ortíz-Giraldo, M., Ossa-López, P.A. & Rivera-Páez, F.A. 2021. A new species of small Eptesicus Rafinesque (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) from northern South America. Zootaxa 5020(3): 489–520. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5020.3.4 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. 

Vernacular names

English: Orinoco Serotine