Eptescini is a
tribe
The term tribe is used in many different contexts to refer to a category of human social group. The predominant worldwide usage of the term in English is in the discipline of anthropology. This definition is contested, in part due to confl ...
of
bats
Bats are mammals of the order Chiroptera.''cheir'', "hand" and πτερόν''pteron'', "wing". With their forelimbs adapted as wings, they are the only mammals capable of true and sustained flight. Bats are more agile in flight than most bi ...
in the family
Vespertilionidae
Vespertilionidae is a family of microbats, of the order Chiroptera, flying, insect-eating mammals variously described as the common, vesper, or simple nosed bats. The vespertilionid family is the most diverse and widely distributed of bat famili ...
. This tribe has a
cosmopolitan distribution.
Species
Species in the tribe include:
* Genus ''
Arielulus''
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Bronze sprite, ''Arielulus circumdatus''
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Coppery sprite, ''Arielulus cuprosus''
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Social sprite, ''Arielulus societatis''
*Genus ''
Eptesicus
''Eptesicus'' is a genus of bats, commonly called house bats or serotine bats, in the family Vespertilionidae. The genus name is likely derived from the Greek words ''ptetikos'' 'able to fly' or ''petomai'' 'house flier', although this is not c ...
'' – house bats
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Anatolian serotine
The Anatolian serotine bat (''Eptesicus anatolicus'') is a species of bat found in the Middle-East, Cyprus and Rhodes Island, Greece.
Taxonomy
''Eptesicus anatolicus'' was described in 1971 by Felten. However, a statement few years later fr ...
, ''Eptesicus anatolicus''
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Little black serotine
The little black serotine (''Eptesicus andinus'') is a species of insectivorous vesper bat. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela, Bolivia and Brazil
Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portug ...
, ''Eptesicus andinus''
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Bobrinski's serotine
Bobrinski's serotine (''Eptesicus bobrinskoi'') is a species of vesper bat. It can be found in Iran and Kazakhstan.
Taxonomy
Bobrinski's serotine was described as a new species in 1935 by Alexander Petrovitch Kuzyakin (also spelled Kuzjakin). ...
, ''Eptesicus bobrinskoi''
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Botta's serotine
Botta's serotine (''Eptesicus bottae'') is a species of vesper bat, one of 25 in the genus ''Eptesicus''.
It is found in rocky areas and temperate desert.
Taxonomy and etymology
It was described as a new species in 1869 by German naturalist Wil ...
, ''Eptesicus bottae''
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Brazilian brown bat
The Brazilian brown bat (''Eptesicus brasiliensis''), is a bat species from South and Central America
Central America ( es, América Central or ) is a subregion of the Americas. Its boundaries are defined as bordering the United State ...
, ''Eptesicus brasiliensis''
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Chiriquinan serotine
The Chiriquinan serotine (''Eptesicus chiriquinus'') is a species of house bat.
The Chiriquinan serotine is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List due to its wide distribution and the unlikelihood of its speedy decline. However, the spe ...
, ''Eptesicus chiriquinus''
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Diminutive serotine
The diminutive serotine (''Eptesicus diminutus'') is a bat species found in Argentina, Colombia, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, and Venezuela
Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, link=no, República Bolivari ...
, ''Eptesicus diminutus''
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Horn-skinned bat
The horn-skinned bat (''Eptesicus floweri'') is a species of vesper bat. It can be found in Mali and Sudan in subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland
A grassland is an area where the vegetation i ...
, ''Eptesicus floweri''
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Argentine brown bat
The Argentine brown bat (''Eptesicus furinalis''), is a bat species from South and Central America.
Description
The Argentine brown bat is a small to medium sized bat, its dorsal pelage is a cinnamon brown color. Its ventral pelage is a dark br ...
, ''Eptesicus furinalis''
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Big brown bat
The big brown bat (''Eptesicus fuscus'') is a species of vesper bat distributed widely throughout North America, the Caribbean, and the northern portion of South America. It was first described as a species in 1796. Compared to other microba ...
, ''Eptesicus fuscus''
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Gobi big brown bat, ''Eptesicus gobiensis''
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Guadeloupe big brown bat
The Guadeloupe big brown bat (''Eptesicus guadeloupensis'') is a species of vesper bat. It is found only on the island of Guadeloupe. It is one of the eleven species of bat found on Guadeloupe, and one of three that are endemic.
Taxonomy and ety ...
, ''Eptesicus guadeloupensis''
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Long-tailed house bat
The long-tailed house bat or long-tailed serotine bat (''Eptesicus hottentotus'') is a species of vesper bat found in Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. It is found in savanna, subtropical o ...
, ''Eptesicus hottentotus''
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Harmless serotine, ''Eptesicus innoxius''
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Meridional serotine
The meridional serotine (''Eptesicus isabellinus'') is a species of bat native to the Iberian Peninsula, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia and Libya.
Taxonomy and etymology
The taxonomic status of ''Eptesicus isabellinus'' has been revised several time ...
, ''Eptesicus isabellinus''
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Japanese short-tailed bat, ''Eptesicus japonensis''
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Kobayashi's bat
Kobayashi's bat (''Eptesicus kobayashii'') is a species of bat. An adult Kobayashi's bat has a body length of , a tail length of , and a wing length of . The species is found only on the Korean Peninsula
Korea ( ko, 한국, or , ) is a ...
, ''Eptesicus kobayashii''
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Langer's serotine, ''Eptesicus langeri''
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Eptesicus lobatus
''Eptesicus lobatus'' is a species of bat of genus ''Eptesicus'' and family Vespertilionidae.
A history of taxon
All representative of genus ''Eptesicus'' from Eastern and Southern parts of Ukraine used to be referred to the species ''Eptesicu ...
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[Zagorodniuk I. 2009. Morphology of post-calcarial lobe in bats and its variation in ''Eptesicus "serotinus"'' (Mammalia). Visnyk Lviv University. Series Biology. 2009. Issue 51.]
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Northern bat
The northern bat (''Eptesicus nilssonii'') is the most abundant species of bat in northern Eurasia occurring from England to Hokkaidō and south to northern India.
Description
The northern bat is dark brown or black with some gold touched at t ...
, ''Eptesicus nilssonii''
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Ognev's serotine, ''Eptesicus ognevi''
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Orinoco serotine (''Eptesicus orinocensis'')
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Oriental serotine
The Oriental serotine (''Eptesicus pachyomus'') is a species of bat in the family Vespertilionidae. It is widespread and found throughout Asia.
Taxonomy
This species was formerly considered a subspecies of the serotine bat (''E. serotinus''), ...
, ''Eptesicus pachyomus''
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Thick-eared bat, ''Eptesicus pachyotis''
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Lagos serotine, ''Eptesicus platyops''
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Serotine bat
The serotine bat (''Eptesicus serotinus''), also known as the common serotine bat, big brown bat, or silky bat, is a fairly large Eurasian bat with quite large ears. It has a wingspan of around and often hunts in woodland. It sometimes roost ...
, ''Eptesicus serotinus''
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Taddei's serotine
Taddei's serotine (''Eptesicus taddeii'') is a species of medium-sized bat belonging to the family Vespertilionidae. It is restricted to the Atlantic Forest of southern Brazil.
The bat has a total length of up to and is most similar to ''Eptesi ...
, ''Eptesicus taddeii''
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Sombre bat
The sombre bat (''Eptesicus tatei'') is a species of vesper bat. It is found only in India. Its natural habitat is subtropical and tropical moist montane forest
Montane ecosystems are found on the slopes of mountains. The alpine climate in t ...
, ''Eptesicus tatei''
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, ''Eptesicus ulapesensis''
* Genus ''
Glauconycteris
''Glauconycteris'' is a genus of vespertilionid bats found in Africa.
Species
:'' Glauconycteris alboguttata'' - Allen's striped bat
:'' Glauconycteris argentata'' - silvered bat
:'' Glauconycteris atra'' - blackish butterfly bat
:'' Glauconyct ...
'' – butterfly bats
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Allen's striped bat, ''Glauconycteris alboguttata''
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Silvered bat
The silvered bat (''Glauconycteris argentata'') is a species of vesper bat in the family Vespertilionidae. It is found in Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda ...
, ''Glauconycteris argentata''
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Blackish butterfly bat, ''Glauconycteris atra''
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Beatrix's bat, ''Glauconycteris beatrix''
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Curry's bat, ''Glauconycteris curryae''
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Bibundi bat
The Bibundi bat (''Glauconycteris egeria'') is a species of vesper bat in the family Vespertilionidae. It can be found in Cameroon, Republic of the Congo, Uganda, and the Dzanga-Sangha Special Reserve.
Taxonomy
It was described as a new species ...
, ''Glauconycteris egeria''
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Glen's wattled bat, ''Glauconycteris gleni''
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Allen's spotted bat, ''Glauconycteris humeralis''
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Kenyan wattled bat
The Kenyan wattled bat (''Glauconycteris kenyacola'') is a species of vesper bat and a member of the family Vespertilionidae. It is found only in Kenya.
References
Endemic fauna of Kenya
Glauconycteris
Bats of Africa
Mammals described ...
, ''Glauconycteris kenyacola''
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Machado's butterfly bat
Machado's butterfly bat (''Glauconycteris machadoi'') is a species of vesper bat in the family Vespertilionidae. It is found only in Angola. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
References
Endemic fauna of ...
, ''Glauconycteris machadoi''
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Abo bat
The Abo bat (''Glauconycteris poensis'') is a species of vesper bat in the family Vespertilionidae. It is found in several countries in West Africa and Central Africa. It is found in subtropical and tropical dry and moist lowland forests.
Taxon ...
, ''Glauconycteris poensis''
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Pied butterfly bat
The pied butterfly bat (''Glauconycteris superba''), also known as the pied bat or badger bat, is a rare species of vesper bat in the family Vespertilionidae.
Taxonomy
First discovered in 1939 in Belgian Congo, the species was, at that time, plac ...
, ''Glauconycteris superba''
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Variegated butterfly bat
The variegated butterfly bat (''Glauconycteris variegata'') is a species of vesper bat. It is sometimes also called the leaf-winged bat, or simply the butterfly bat. It is not currently endangered, but may be threatened by habitat loss in some pa ...
, ''Glauconycteris variegata''
* Genus ''
Hesperoptenus'' – false serotine bats
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Blanford's bat
Blanford's bat (''Hesperoptenus blanfordi''), also known as the least false-serotine bat, is a species of vesper bat. It can be found in Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar and Thailand, where it lives in various different forest ...
, ''Hesperoptenus blanfordi''
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False serotine bat, ''Hesperoptenus doriae''
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Gaskell's false serotine
Gaskell's false serotine (''Hesperoptenus gaskelli'') is a species of vesper bat. It is found only in Indonesia
Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oce ...
, ''Hesperoptenus gaskelli''
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Tickell's bat, ''Hesperoptenus tickelli''
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Large false serotine, ''Hesperoptenus tomesi''
* Genus ''
Histiotus
''Histiotus'' (meaning "sail ears") is a genus of South American vesper bats with species that include:
* Strange big-eared brown bat, ''Histiotus alienus''
* Cadena-García's big-eared brown bat, ''Histiotus cadenai''
* Colombian big-eared bro ...
'' – big-eared brown bats
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Strange big-eared brown bat
The strange big-eared brown bat (''Histiotus alienus''), is a bat species found in Brazil
Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America ...
, ''Histiotus alienus''
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Cadena-García's big-eared brown bat, ''Histiotus cadenai''
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Colombian big-eared brown bat
Colombian may refer to:
* Something of, from, or related to the country of Colombia
* Colombians, persons from Colombia, or of Colombian descent
**For more information about the Colombian people, see:
*** Demographics of Colombia
*** Indigenous p ...
, ''Histiotus colombiae''
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Transparent-winged big-eared brown bat, ''Histiotus diaphanopterus''
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Humboldt big-eared brown bat
The Humboldt big-eared brown bat (''Histiotus humboldti'') is a species of vesper bat in the family Vespertilionidae. It is found in Colombia and Venezuela
Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, link=no, Rep ...
, ''Histiotus humboldti''
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Thomas's big-eared brown bat
Thomas's big-eared brown bat (''Histiotus laephotis'') is a species of vesper bat found in South America.
Taxonomy and etymology
Thomas's big-eared brown bat was described as a new species in 1916 by British zoologist Oldfield Thomas. Thomas de ...
, ''Histiotus laephotis''
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Big-eared brown bat
The big-eared brown bat (''Histiotus macrotus'') is a species of vesper bat found in Argentina, Paraguay, and Chile.
Taxonomy
It was described as a new species in 1835 by German zoologist Eduard Friedrich Poeppig. Poeppig placed it in the genus ...
, ''Histiotus macrotus''
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Southern big-eared brown bat
The southern big-eared brown bat (''Histiotus magellanicus'') is a species of bat from the family Vespertilionidae. Although current taxonomy treats the southern big-eared brown bat as a separate species, it is often treated as a subspecies of th ...
, ''Histiotus magellanicus''
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Moche big-eared brown bat, ''Histiotus mochica''
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Small big-eared brown bat
The small big-eared brown bat (''Histiotus montanus'') is a species of vesper bat in the family Vespertilionidae. It can be found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Uruguay, and Venezuela
Venezuela (; ), offic ...
, ''Histiotus montanus''
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Tropical big-eared brown bat
The tropical big-eared brown bat (''Histiotus velatus''), is a bat species found in Bolivia, Peru, Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay
Paraguay (; ), officially the Republic of Paraguay ( es, República del Paraguay, links=no; gn, Tavakuairetã ...
, ''Histiotus velatus''
* Genus ''
Ia''
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Great evening bat, ''Ia io''
* Genus ''
Lasionycteris
The silver-haired bat (''Lasionycteris noctivagans'') is a solitary migratory species of vesper bat in the family Vespertilionidae and the only member of the genus ''Lasionycteris''.
Etymology
The species name translates as night-wandering, r ...
''
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Silver-haired bat
The silver-haired bat (''Lasionycteris noctivagans'') is a solitary migratory species of vesper bat in the family Vespertilionidae and the only member of the genus ''Lasionycteris''.
Etymology
The species name translates as night-wandering, ref ...
, ''Lasionycteris noctivagans''
* Genus ''
Scoteanax''
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Rüppell's broad-nosed bat, ''Scoteanax rueppellii''
* Genus ''
Scotomanes
The harlequin bat (''Scotomanes ornatus'') is a species of bat in the family Vespertilionidae
Vespertilionidae is a family of microbats, of the order Chiroptera, flying, insect-eating mammals variously described as the common, vesper, or simp ...
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Harlequin bat
The harlequin bat (''Scotomanes ornatus'') is a species of bat in the family Vespertilionidae
Vespertilionidae is a family of microbats, of the order Chiroptera, flying, insect-eating mammals variously described as the common, vesper, or simpl ...
, ''Scotomanes ornatus''
* Genus ''
Scotorepens
''Scotorepens'' is a genus of bats within the Vespertilionidae family. Species within this genus are widely distributed across Australia and to the north at Papua New Guinea and Indonesia.
Taxonomy
The genus was erected by Ellis Troughton in h ...
'' - lesser broad-nosed bats
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Inland broad-nosed bat
The inland broad-nosed bat (''Scotorepens balstoni'') is a species of vesper bat. They are endemic to Australia and widespread throughout the inland, especially in arid and semi-arid regions. This insectivorous microbat, measuring in length, r ...
, ''Scotorepens balstoni''
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Little broad-nosed bat
The little broad-nosed bat (''Scotorepens greyii'') (pronounced skoh’-toh-rep’-enz grey’-ee-ee’) translates to "Grey’s darkness creeper". Sometimes called Grey’s broad-nosed after the third governor of South Australia, Sir John Edward ...
, ''Scotorepens greyii''
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Eastern broad-nosed bat, ''Scotorepens orion''
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Northern broad-nosed bat, ''Scotorepens sanborni''
* Genus ''
Thainycteris''
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Collared sprite, ''Thainycteris aureocollaris''
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Necklace sprite, ''Thainycteris torquatus''
References
Bats
Mammal tribes
Vesper bats
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