Cnephaeus nilssonii

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 nilssonii
Subspecies: C. n. nilssonii – C. n. parvus

Name

Cnephaeus nilssonii (Keyserling & Blasius, 1839)

Type material: Unknown.
Type locality: “Auf dem Harz und auf den Höhen der skandinavischen Halbinsel, wahrscheinlich bis in die Nähe des Polarkreises” [=Sweden].

Combinations

Vesperugo Nilssonii Keyserling & Blasius, 1839: 315 [Original combination]
Eptesicus nilssonii: Miller, 1907: 209 [subsequent combination]
Cnephaeus nilssonii: Cláudio et al., 2023: 2 [subsequent combination]

Native distribution areas

West & East Europe to East Siberia & North-West China
North of Arctic Circle in Scandinavia, south to Bulgaria, Iraq, the Elburz Mountains (North Iran), The Pamirs and West China (not Tibet)
Korea
Hokkaido (Japan)
Sakhalin Island (Russia).

References

Primary references

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.
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

IUCN: Cnephaeus nilssonii (Least Concern)

Vernacular names

беларуская: Кажанок паўночны
dansk: Nordflagermus
English: Northern Serotine
español: Murciélago norteño
suomi: Pohjanlepakko
svenska: Nordisk fladdermus