''Scotorepens'' is a genus of bats within the

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 familie ...

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 Ellis Le Geyt Troughton (born in Sydney on 29 April 1893; died 30 November 1974) was an Australian zoologist and mammalogist. Biography Ellis Troughton began to exercise his interest in mammals at fourteen years of age, taking a role at the A ...

in his 1943 volume on Australian mammals, having previously identified new taxa of "broad-nosed bats". The type species is ''Scoteinus orion'', published by Troughton in 1937. The taxa have been allied to the genus ''

Nycticeius ''Nycticeius'' is a small genus of bats in the vesper bat family, Vespertilionidae, and the only member of the tribe Nycticeiini. It contains three species, the evening bat (''N. humeralis''), the Cuban evening bat (''N. cubanus'') and '' Nycti ...

'', as given in Troughton's earlier descriptions, but recognised as a genus in other author's arrangements. ''Scotorepens'' has been allied to the

Vespertilionini Vespertilionini is a Tribe (biology), tribe of Bat, bats in the family Vespertilionidae. The largest of the tribes in Vespertilioninae, it contains many genera found throughout the Old World and Australasia. Species Species in the tribe includ ...

tribe of the subfamily

Vespertilioninae The Vespertilioninae are a subfamily of vesper bats from the family Vespertilionidae. Classification Subfamily Vespertilioninae *Tribe Antrozoini **Genus '' Antrozous'' *** Pallid bat, ''Antrozous pallidus'' **Genus '' Bauerus'' *** Van Ge ...

, or grouped with Nycticeiini in earlier revisions. The authority

Mammal Species of the World ''Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference'' is a standard reference work in mammalogy giving descriptions and Bibliographic database, bibliographic data for the known species of mammals. It is now in its third edition, ...

(2003), recognised the species and subspecies of the genus, which may be summarised as * Scotorepens :* ''

Scotorepens balstoni 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 ...

'' the inland broad-nosed bat ::* ''Scotorepens bastoni bastoni'' ::* ''Scotorepens bastoni influatus'' :* ''

Scotorepens greyii 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 ...

'' little broad-nosed :* ''

Scotorepens orion The eastern broad-nosed bat or Orion broad-nosed bat (''Scotorepens orion'') is a species of vespertilionid bat. It is found only in Australia, east of the Great Dividing Range, from about Rockhampton to Melbourne, with a small isolated populatio ...

'' eastern species :* ''

Scotorepens sanborni The northern broad-nosed bat (''Scotorepens sanborni'') is a species of the vespertilionid family of microbats. It can be found in northern Australia, Timor-Leste, and Papua New Guinea. Taxonomy The species was first described by Ellis Le Gey ...

'' northern species The systematics of the genus are suggested to be poorly resolved. An undescribed species somewhat resembling ''

'', although smaller in size and weight, is designated the "central-eastern broad-nosed bat" pending further investigation.

Description

A genus of moderately small

microchiropteran Microbats constitute the suborder Microchiroptera within the order Chiroptera (bats). Bats have long been differentiated into Megachiroptera (megabats) and Microchiroptera, based on their size, the use of echolocation by the Microchiroptera and ...

s, the face is distinguished the lack of hair on the muzzle or the elaborate nose-leaf structure of other genera.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q753706 Bat genera Taxa named by Ellis Le Geyt Troughton