ADW: Eptesicus: CLASSIFICATION

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Kingdom Animalia (animals)
- Eumetazoa (metazoans)
  - Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
    - Deuterostomia (deuterostomes)
      - Phylum Chordata (chordates)
        
        Craniata (craniates)
        
        Subphylum Vertebrata (vertebrates)
        
        Superclass Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates)
        
        Euteleostomi (bony vertebrates)
        
        Class Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fishes and terrestrial vertebrates)
        
        Tetrapoda (tetrapods)
        
        Amniota (amniotes)
        
        Synapsida (synapsids)
        
        Class Mammalia (mammals)
        
        Subclass Theria (Therian mammals)
        
        Infraclass Eutheria (placental mammals)
        
        Order Chiroptera (bats)
        
        Family Vespertilionidae (evening bats and vesper bats)
        
        Subfamily Vespertilioninae (evening bats, forest bats, pipistrelles, serotines, and relatives)
        
        Tribe Eptesicini (brown bats, serotines, false serotines, sprites, and relatives)
        
        Genus Eptesicus (big brown bats, forest bats, serotines, and relatives)
        
        Species Eptesicus andinus (little black serotine)
        
        Species Eptesicus bobrinskoi (Bobrinski's serotine)
        
        Species Eptesicus bottae (Botta's serotine)
        
        Species Eptesicus brasiliensis (Brazilian brown bat)
        
        Species Eptesicus chiriquinus (Chiriquinan serotine)
        
        Species Eptesicus diminutus (diminutive serotine)
        
        Species Eptesicus dimissus (Surat serotine)
        
        Species Eptesicus floweri (horn-skinned bat)
        
        Species Eptesicus furinalis (Argentine brown bat)
        
        Species Eptesicus fuscus (big brown bat)
        
        Species Eptesicus gobiensis (Gobi big brown bat)
        
        Species Eptesicus guadeloupensis (Guadeloupe big brown bat)
        
        Species Eptesicus hottentotus (long-tailed house bat)
        
        Species Eptesicus innoxius (harmless serotine)
        
        Species Eptesicus japonensis (Japanese short-tailed bat)
        
        Species Eptesicus kobayashii (Kobayashi's serotine)
        
        Species Eptesicus matroka (Malagasy serotine)
        
        Species Eptesicus nasutus (Sind bat)
        
        Species Eptesicus nilssonii (northern bat)
        
        Species Eptesicus pachyotis (thick-eared bat)
        
        Species Eptesicus platyops (Lagos serotine)
        
        Species Eptesicus serotinus (serotine)
        
        Species Eptesicus tatei (sombre bat)

Confused by a class within a class or an order within an order? Please see our brief essay.

To cite this page: Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2012. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed at http://animaldiversity.org.

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Eptesicusbig brown bats, forest bats, serotines, and relatives

Eptesicus
big brown bats, forest bats, serotines, and relatives