Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Vespertilionoidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Cladus: Synapsida
Cladus: Eupelycosauria
Cladus: Sphenacodontia
Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea
Ordo: Therapsida
Cladus: Theriodontia
Subordo: Cynodontia
Infraordo: Eucynodontia
Cladus: Probainognathia
Cladus: Prozostrodontia
Cladus: Mammaliaformes
Classis: Mammalia
Subclassis: Trechnotheria
Infraclassis: Zatheria
Supercohort: Theria
Cohort: Eutheria
Cohort: Placentalia
Superordo: Boreoeutheria
Superordo: Laurasiatheria
Ordo: Chiroptera
Subordo: Microchiroptera
Superfamilia: Vespertilionoidea

Familia: Vespertilionidae
Subfamilia: Vespertilioninae
Tribus: Eptesicini
Genus: Eptesicus
Subgenus: Eptesicus (Eptesicus)
Species: Eptesicus hottentotus
Subspecies: Eptesicus hottentotus portavernus

Name

Eptesicus hottentotus portavernus Schlitter & Aggundey, 1986: 172

  • Holotype: CM 89000, adult ♂, skin and skull, collected by D.A. Schlitter on 30 September 1985.
  • Type locality: “Hell's Gate Canyon (= Njorowa Gorge), 20 km S, 14 km W Naivasha, Naivasha Dist., Rift Valley Prov., Kenya (0°54 S, 36°19 E)”.
  • Paratype (1): USNM 375919, adult ♀, body in alcohol with skull extracted, from “Njorowa Gorge, near Lake Naivasha, Rift Valley, 6400 feet, Kenya (0°55 S, 36°19 E)”; collected by A.D. Forbes-Watson on 20 September 1965.

Native distribution areas

  • SW Kenya (Rift Valley Prov.).

References

Primary references

  • Schlitter, D.A. & Aggundey, I.R. 1986. Systematics of African bats of the genus Eptesicus (Mammalia: Vespertilionidae). 1. Taxonomic status of the large serotines of Eastern and southern Africa. Cimbebasia (A) 8(20): 167–174.

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.
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