Cnephaeus tatei

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 Subclassis: Trechnotheria Infraclassis: Zatheria Supercohors: Theria Cohors: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Cladus: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Cladus: Scrotifera Ordo: Chiroptera Subordo: Yangochiroptera Superfamilia: Vespertilionoidea

Familia: Vespertilionidae
Subfamilia: Vespertilioninae
Tribus: Nycticeiini
Genus: Cnephaeus
Species: Cnephaeus tatei

Name

Cnephaeus tatei Ellerman & Morrison-Scott, 1951

• Syntypes: ZSI 16444 and ZSI 16445.
• Type locality: “Dorjiling [=Darjeeling]”, West Bengal, India.

Combinations

• Eptesicus tatei Ellerman & Morrison-Scott, 1951: 158 [original combination, nomen novum pro Nycticejus atratus Blyth, 1863]
• Cnephaeus tatei: Cláudio et al., 2023: 2 [subsequent combination]

Synonyms

• Nycticejus atratus Blyth, 1863: 31 [nomen praeoccupatum pro Amblyotus atratus Kolenati, 1858]
  • Syntypes: ZSI 16444 and ZSI 16445.
  • Type locality: “Dorjiling [=Darjeeling]”, West Bengal, India.

Native distribution areas

• India: West Bengal: Darjeeling [known only from the type locality]

References

Primary references

• Blyth, E. 1863. Catalogue of the Mammalia in the Museum Asiatic Society. Savielle & Cranenburgh: Calcutta. 187 pp. BHL Reference page. 
• Ellerman, J.R. & Morrison-Scott, T.C.S. 1951. Checklist of Palaearctic and Indian mammals 1758 to 1946. British Museum (Natural History): London. 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

• Molur, S., Srinivasulu, C. & Bates, P. 2016. IUCN: Cnephaeus tatei  (Data Deficient). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T7942A22119447. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T7942A22119447.en. Accessed on 23 May 2024.

Vernacular names

English: Sombre Serotine