Eptesicus (Eptesicus) serotinus (Schreber 1774)

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Chiroptera - Family Vespertilionidae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 451-529 : 456

Eptesicus (Eptesicus) serotinus (Schreber 1774)

[Vespertilio] serotinus Schreber 1774 , Die Saugethiere, Vol. 1: 167.

Type Locality: France.

Vernacular Names: Common Serotine.

Synonyms: Eptesicus (Eptesicus) gabonensis Trouessart 1897 .

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Eptesicus (Eptesicus) serotinus subsp. serotinus Schreber 1774

Subspecies Eptesicus (Eptesicus) serotinus subsp. andersoni Dobson 1871

Subspecies Eptesicus (Eptesicus) serotinus subsp. boscai Cabrera 1904

Subspecies Eptesicus (Eptesicus) serotinus subsp. horikawai Kishida 1924

Subspecies Eptesicus (Eptesicus) serotinus subsp. isabellinus Temminck 1840

Subspecies Eptesicus (Eptesicus) serotinus subsp. pachyomus Tomes 1857

Subspecies Eptesicus (Eptesicus) serotinus subsp. pallens Miller 1911

Subspecies Eptesicus (Eptesicus) serotinus subsp. pashtonus Gaisler 1970

Subspecies Eptesicus (Eptesicus) serotinus subsp. shirazensis Dobson 1871

Subspecies Eptesicus (Eptesicus) serotinus subsp. turcomanus Eversmann 1840

Distribution: W Europe through Turkey and S Asiatic Russia to Himalayas, Thailand and China, north to Korea; Taiwan; S England; N Africa; most islands in Mediterranean. Koopman (1993) listed "perhaps Subsaharan Africa" under his account of the range of this species, but there are no known records from that region (M. Happold, pers. comm.).

Conservation: IUCN 2003 and IUCN / SSC Action Plan (2001) – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Subgenus Eptesicus . Revised by Gaisler (1970), who noted that shiraziensis may be synonymous with turcomanicus. Includes sodalis ; see Gaisler (1970) and Corbet (1978 c). Includes horikawai; see Jones (1975). See additional comments under fuscus and platyops . Reviewed in part by Harrison and Bates (1991), Bates and Harrison (1997), Horácek et al. (2000), and Baagøe (2001 c).