Cnephaeus platyops
(O. Thomas, 1901)
Lagos Serotine
Taxonomy
| Subclass | : Theria |
| Infraclass | : Placentalia |
| Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
| Superorder | : Laurasiatheria |
| Order | : Chiroptera |
| Suborder | : Yangochiroptera |
| Superfamily | : Vespertilionoidea |
| Family | : Vespertilionidae |
| Subfamily | : Vespertilioninae |
| Tribe | : Nycticeiini |
| Genus | : Cnephaeus |
Species status
Authority citation
Thomas, O. 1901-07-01. Some new African bats (including one from the Azores) and a new Galago. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7)8(43):27-34.
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Original name as described
Vespertilio platyops
Type material
BMNH:Mamm:1888.5.17.3
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
Type locality
"Lagos, " Western Region, Nigeria.
Biogeographic realm
Afrotropic
Country distribution
Equatorial Guinea · Nigeria · Senegal
Taxonomy notes
moved from Eptesicus to Cnephaeus
Taxonomy notes citation
Cláudio, V.C., Novaes, R.L.M., Gardner, A.L., Nogueira, M.R., Wilson, D.E., Maldonado, J.E., Oliveira, J.A. de and Moratelli, R. 2023. Taxonomic re-evaluation of New World Eptesicus and Histiotus (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae), with the description of a new genus. Zoologia (Curitiba) 40:e22029. doi:10.1590/S1984-4689.v40.e22029
IUCN Red List status
Not Evaluated
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Names and synonyms
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Total: 4 names and synonyms.
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