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Nycticeinops
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| Nycticeinops Temporal range:
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| Schlieffen's serotine (N. schlieffeni) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Placentalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Vespertilionidae |
| Tribe: | Vespertilionini |
| Genus: | Nycticeinops Hill and Harrison, 1987 |
| Type species | |
| Nycticeius schlieffeni Peters, 1859
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| Synonyms | |
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Parahypsugo Hutterer, Decher, Monadjem, and Astrin, 2019 | |
Nycticeinops is a genus of vesper bat in the family Vespertilionidae.[2] It contains the following species:[3][4]
- Bellier's serotine, Nycticeinops bellieri
- Broad-headed serotine, Nycticeinops crassulus
- Eisentraut's serotine, Nycticeinops eisentrauti
- Grandidier's serotine, Nycticeinops grandidieri
- Happolds's serotine, Nycticeinops happoldorum
- Large-headed serotine, Nycticeinops macrocephalus
- Schlieffen's serotine, Nycticeinops schlieffeni
Formerly, the only species placed in this genus was Schlieffen's serotine (N. schlieffeni), but phylogenetic evidence has placed several other species in this genus. These species were formerly classified in either Pipistrellus, Neoromicia, or Hypsugo until being reclassified into the new genus Parahypsugo in 2019. In a 2020 study, Nycticeinops was found to contain Parahypsugo, and thus both were synonymized.[3][4]
The fossil species of Nycticeinops serengetiensis and Nycticeinops kutchensis are also known.[1][5] N. kutchensis known from c. 11 Ma of Kutch in Gujarat (India) is the oldest record for this modern genus.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Carolin, Nora; Mandal, Nivedita; Maurya, Abhayanand Singh; Bajpai, Sunil (2026-02-12). "First Neogene bat from India: implications for a possible radiation of Vespertilioninae during the Middle Miocene Climatic Optimum". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. doi:10.1080/02724634.2025.2611988. ISSN 0272-4634.
- ^ Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M., eds. (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- ^ a b Monadjem, Ara; Demos, Terrence C; Dalton, Desire L; Webala, Paul W; Musila, Simon; Kerbis Peterhans, Julian C; Patterson, Bruce D (2021-04-01). "A revision of pipistrelle-like bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) in East Africa with the description of new genera and species". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 191 (4): 1114–1146. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa087. hdl:2263/84301. ISSN 0024-4082.
- ^ a b Database, Mammal Diversity (2021-08-10), Mammal Diversity Database, Zenodo, retrieved 2021-09-25
- ^ Gunnell, Gregg F.; Butler, Percy M.; Greenwood, Marjorie; Simmons, Nancy B. (2015-12-16). "Bats (Chiroptera) from Olduvai Gorge, Early Pleistocene, Bed I (Tanzania)". American Museum Novitates. 3846 (3846): 1–36. doi:10.1206/3846.1. ISSN 0003-0082.