Neoeptesicus chiriquinus

Familia: Vespertilionidae
Subfamilia: Vespertilioninae
Tribus: Nycticeiini
Genus: Neoeptesicus
Species: Neoeptesicus chiriquinus

Neoeptesicus chiriquinus (Thomas, 1920)

• Holotype: BMNH 1903.3.3.1, adult ♂, skin and skull, collected by H.J. Watson on 6 April 1902.
• Type locality: “Boquete. Alt. 4000'” Chiriquí, Panama.

• Eptesicus chiriquinus Thomas, 1920: 362 [original combination]
• Neoeptesicus chiriquinus: Cláudio et al., 2023: 13 [subsequent combination]

• Eptesicus inca Thomas, 1920: 363
  • Holotype: BMNH 1894.8.6.1, adult ♂, body in alcohol with skull removed, collected by J. Kalinowski, date unknown.
  • Type locality: “Chanchamayo, Cuzco, Peru”.

• Costa Rica
• Panama
• Colombia
• Ecuador
• Peru
• Venezuela
• Guyana
• French Guiana
• Amazonian Brazil

• Thomas, O. 1920. On Neotropical bats of the genus Eptesicus. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. Series 9 5(28): 360–367. BHL 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. 

• Solari, S. 2019. IUCN: Neoeptesicus chiriquinus  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T136524A21981386. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T136524A21981386.en. Accessed on 10 May 2024.