Cnephaeus japonensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Vespertilionoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Trechnotheria Infraclassis: Zatheria Supercohors: Theria Cohors: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Cladus: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Ordo: Chiroptera Subordo: Yangochiroptera Superfamilia: Vespertilionoidea

Familia: Vespertilionidae
Subfamilia: Vespertilioninae
Tribus: Eptesicini
Genus: Cnephaeus
Species: Cnephaeus japonensis

Name

Cnephaeus japonensis (Imaizumi, 1953)

• Holotype: NSMT-M 2060, subadult ♂, skin and skull, collected by Y．Matsuzawa on 15 July 1951.
• Type locality: “Hokujo Mura (Shinden), 720 m altitude, Kita-Azumi Gun, Nagano Pref., Central Honsyu, Japan”.

Combinations

• Eptesicus japonensis Imaizumi, 1953: 91 [original combination]
• Eptesicus nilssonii japonensis: Corbet, 1978: 57 [subsequent combination, reduced to subspecies]
• Eptesicus japonensis: Yoshiyuki, 1989 [subsequent combination, restaured to species]
• Cnephaeus japonensis: Cláudio et al., 2023: 2 [subsequent combination]

Native distribution areas

• Japan: Honshu Island.

References

Primary references

• Imaizumi, Y. 1953. A new species of Eptesicus from Japan (Mammalia: Chiroptera). Bulletin of Natural Science Museum 33: 91–95. Reference page. 
• Corbet, G.B. 1978. The Mammals of the Palearctic Region: a taxonomic review. British Museum (Natural History): London. 314 pp. ISBN 0-8014-1171-8 Reference page. 
• Yoshiyuki, M. 1989. A systematic study of the Japanese Chiroptera. National Science Museum Monographs 7: 1–242. Reference page. 
• Cláudio, V.C., Novaes, R.L.M., Gardner, A.L., Nogueira, M.R., Wilson, D.E., Maldonado, J.E., Oliveira, J.A. & Moratelli, R. 2023. Taxonomic re-evaluation of New World Eptesicus and Histiotus (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae), with the description of a new genus. Zoologia 40: e22029. DOI: 10.1590/S1984-4689.v40.e22029 Reference page. 

Links

• Fukui, D. 2020. IUCN: Cnephaeus japonensis  (Vulnerable) (errata version published in 2021). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T136823A209552552. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T136823A209552552.en. Accessed on 23 May 2024.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Japan-Breitflligelfledermaus
English: Japanese Serotine
français: Sérotine du Japon
日本語: クビワコウモリ