Taxonavigation
| Taxonavigation: Vespertilionoidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Vespertilionidae
Subfamilia: Vespertilioninae
Tribus: Eptesicini
Genus: Eptesicus
Subgenus: Eptesicus (Eptesicus)
Species: Eptesicus hottentotus
Subspecies (3): E. h. bensoni – E. h. hottentotus – E. h. portavernus
Name
Eptesicus hottentotus (Smith, 1833)
- Holotype: unknown.
- Type locality: “South Africa - Uitenhage and Albany”, restricted to “Uitenhage”, Eastern Cape Prov., South Africa, by Ellerman, Morrison-Scott & Hayman (1953: 76).
Combinations
- Vespertilio hottentota Smith, 1833: 59 [original combination]
- E.[ptesicus] hottentotus: Roberts, 1946: 305 [subsequent combination]
- Eptesicus serotinus hottentotus: Kock, 1969: 214 [subsequent combination, reduce to subspecies]
Native distribution areas
- SW Angola
- Namibia
- South Africa
- Lesotho
- Botswana
- Zimbabwe
- Mozambique
- Zambia
- Malawi
- SW Kenya
References
Primary references
- Smith, A. 1833. African Zoology. Part I. South African Quarterly Journal Series 2, 1(2): 49–64. BHL
Additional references
- Kearney, T.C., Van Cakenberghe, V., Seamark, E.C.J., Ndhlovu, C. & Cohen, L. 2008. Notes on the taxonomy and distribution of Eptesicus hottentotus (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) and reidentification of some museum voucher specimens. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 45: 127–134.
Links
- Eptesicus hottentotus 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. - Monadjem, A., Cotterill, F. & Jacobs, D. 2017. IUCN: Eptesicus hottentotus (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T7931A22117704. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T7931A22117704.en
Vernacular names
Deutsch: Hottentotten-Breitflügel-fledermaus
English: Long-tailed Serotine
français: Sérotine hottentote