HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER CHIROPTERA
--> FAMILY Vespertilionidae
--> SUBFAMILY Vespertilioninae
--> TRIBE Eptesicini
--> GENUS Eptesicus
--> SUBGENUS Eptesicus
SPECIES Eptesicus (Eptesicus) platyops
Author: | Thomas, 1901. | Citation: | Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 7, 8: 31. | Common Name: | Lagos Serotine | Type Locality: | Nigeria, Western Region, Lagos. | Distribution: | Nigeria, Senegal, Bioko (Equatorial Guinea). | Status: | IUCN 2003 IUCN/SSC Action Plan (2001) – Vulnerable. | Comments: | Subgenus Eptesicus. Considered a subspecies of serotinus by Ibáñez and Valverde (1985), but no comparison with bottae was made. Also see Hayman and Hill (1971), who treated platyops as a distinct species based on morphological differences. |
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