Vespertilio

Vespertilio murinus

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: Vespertilionini
Genus: Vespertilio
Species (2): V. murinus – V. sinensis

Name

Vespertilio Linnaeus, 1758: 31 [conserved name]

• Type species: Vespertilio murinus Linnaeus, 1758, by Linnaean tautonymy.
• Gender: masculine.
• Placed on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology by Opinion 91 (1926: 2) and Direction 98 (1958: 129).

Synonymy

• Vesperugo Keyserling & Blasius, 1839: 312
• Vesperus Keyserling & Blasius, 1839: 313 [as subgenus of Vesperugo; preoccupied by Vesperus Latreille, 1829]
• Meteorus Kolenati, 1856: 131 [as subgenus of Vesperus; preoccupied by Meteorus Haliday, 1835]
  • Type species: Vespertilio discolor Kuhl, 1817, by subsequent designation by Kretzoi & Kretzoi (2000)]
• "Aristippe" Kolenati, 1863: 40
  • Type species: Vespertilio discolor Kuhl, 1817, by subsequent designation by Kretzoi & Kretzoi (2000)]
• Marsipolaemus Peters, 1872: 260 [as subgenus of Vesperus]
  • Type species: Vesperus (Marsipolaemus) albiventris Peters, 1872, by monotypy.
• Adelonycteris Allen, 1892: 466 [replacement name for Vesperus Blasius & Keyserling, 1839]

References

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio Decima, Reformata. Tomus I. Holmiæ (Stockholm): impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii. 824 pp. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.542 BHL Reference page. 
• Keyserling, A. Graf & Blasius, J.H. 1839. Uebersicht der Gattungs- und Artcharaktere der europäischen Fledermäuse. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 5(1): 293–331. BHL Reference page. 
• Kolenati, F.A. 1856. Europa’s Chiroptern. I. Synopsis der Europäischen Chiroptern. Allgemeine Deutsche Naturhistorische Zeitung N.F. 2(4): 121–133. Reference page. 
• Kolenati, F.A. 1863. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Phtirio-Myiarien. Versuch einer Monographiae der Aphanipteren, Nycteribien und Strebliden. Horae Societatis Entomologicae Rossicae 2: 10–101. BHL Reference page. 
• Peters, W. 1872. Mittheilung über neue Flederthiere (Phyllorhina micropus, Harpyiocephalus Huttoni, Murina grisea, Vesperugo micropus, Vesperus (Marsipoloemus) albigularis, Vesperus propinquus, tenuipinnis). Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1872: 256–264. BHL Reference page. 
• Allen, H. [1891] 1892. Change of name of a genus of bats. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 1891: 466. BHL Reference page. 
• International Commisision on Zoological Nomenclature. 1926. Opinion 91. Thirty-five generic names of Mammals placed on the Official List of Generic Names. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 73(4): 1–2. BHL Reference page. 
• International Commisision on Zoological Nomenclature 1958. Direction 98. Interpretation under the Plenary Powers of the nominal species Vespertilio murinus Linnaeus, 1758, and Insertion in the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology of a Revised entry relating to the generic name Vespertilio Linnaeus, 1758 (class Mammalia) (Direction supplementary to Opinion 91). Opinions and declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1F(9): 127–160. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Miller, Jr., G.S. 1897. Revision of the North American Bats of the Family Vespertilionidae. North American Fauna 13: 1–136. DOI: 10.3996/nafa.13.0001 ; BHL Reference page. 
• Horáček, I. 1997. Status of Vesperus sinensis Peters, 1880 and remarks on the genus Vespertilio. Vespertilio 2: 59–72. PDF Reference page. 

Links

• Vespertilio in Mammal Species of the World.
  Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.

Vernacular names

български: Кожовидни прилепи
Deutsch: Zweifarbfledermäuse
English: Parti-coloured Bats
ქართული: ღამურა
қазақша: Екітүсті жарқанаттар
українська: Лилик

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