Eptesicini
Big brown bats (Eptesicus fuscus)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Chiroptera
Family:	Vespertilionidae
Subfamily:	Vespertilioninae
Tribe:	Eptesicini Volleth and Heller, 1994
Species
See text

Eptescini is a tribe of bats in the family Vespertilionidae. This tribe has a cosmopolitan distribution.^[1]

Species

Species in the tribe include:^[2]

• Genus Arielulus
  • Bronze sprite, Arielulus circumdatus
  • Coppery sprite, Arielulus cuprosus
  • Social sprite, Arielulus societatis
• Genus Eptesicus – house bats
  • Anatolian serotine, Eptesicus anatolicus
  • Little black serotine, Eptesicus andinus
  • Bobrinski's serotine, Eptesicus bobrinskoi
  • Botta's serotine, Eptesicus bottae
  • Brazilian brown bat, Eptesicus brasiliensis
  • Chiriquinan serotine, Eptesicus chiriquinus
  • Diminutive serotine, Eptesicus diminutus
  • Horn-skinned bat, Eptesicus floweri
  • Argentine brown bat, Eptesicus furinalis
  • Big brown bat, Eptesicus fuscus
  • Gobi big brown bat, Eptesicus gobiensis
  • Guadeloupe big brown bat, Eptesicus guadeloupensis
  • Long-tailed house bat, Eptesicus hottentotus
  • Harmless serotine, Eptesicus innoxius
  • Meridional serotine, Eptesicus isabellinus
  • Japanese short-tailed bat, Eptesicus japonensis
  • Kobayashi's bat, Eptesicus kobayashii
  • Langer's serotine, Eptesicus langeri
  • Eptesicus lobatus^[3]
  • Northern bat, Eptesicus nilssonii
  • Ognev's serotine, Eptesicus ognevi
  • Orinoco serotine (Eptesicus orinocensis)
  • Oriental serotine, Eptesicus pachyomus
  • Thick-eared bat, Eptesicus pachyotis
  • Lagos serotine, Eptesicus platyops
  • Serotine bat, Eptesicus serotinus
  • Taddei's serotine, Eptesicus taddeii
  • Sombre bat, Eptesicus tatei
  • Ulapes serotine, Eptesicus ulapesensis
• Genus Glauconycteris – butterfly bats
  • Allen's striped bat, Glauconycteris alboguttata
  • Silvered bat, Glauconycteris argentata
  • Blackish butterfly bat, Glauconycteris atra
  • Beatrix's bat, Glauconycteris beatrix
  • Curry's bat, Glauconycteris curryae
  • Bibundi bat, Glauconycteris egeria
  • Glen's wattled bat, Glauconycteris gleni
  • Allen's spotted bat, Glauconycteris humeralis
  • Kenyan wattled bat, Glauconycteris kenyacola
  • Machado's butterfly bat, Glauconycteris machadoi
  • Abo bat, Glauconycteris poensis
  • Pied butterfly bat, Glauconycteris superba
  • Variegated butterfly bat, Glauconycteris variegata
• Genus Hesperoptenus – false serotine bats
  • Blanford's bat, Hesperoptenus blanfordi
  • False serotine bat, Hesperoptenus doriae
  • Gaskell's false serotine, Hesperoptenus gaskelli
  • Tickell's bat, Hesperoptenus tickelli
  • Large false serotine, Hesperoptenus tomesi^[1]
• Genus Histiotus – big-eared brown bats
  • Strange big-eared brown bat, Histiotus alienus
  • Cadena-García's big-eared brown bat, Histiotus cadenai
  • Colombian big-eared brown bat, Histiotus colombiae
  • Transparent-winged big-eared brown bat, Histiotus diaphanopterus
  • Humboldt big-eared brown bat, Histiotus humboldti
  • Thomas's big-eared brown bat, Histiotus laephotis
  • Big-eared brown bat, Histiotus macrotus
  • Southern big-eared brown bat, Histiotus magellanicus
  • Moche big-eared brown bat, Histiotus mochica
  • Small big-eared brown bat, Histiotus montanus
  • Tropical big-eared brown bat, Histiotus velatus
• Genus Ia
  • Great evening bat, Ia io
• Genus Lasionycteris
  • Silver-haired bat, Lasionycteris noctivagans
• Genus Scoteanax
  • Rüppell's broad-nosed bat, Scoteanax rueppellii
• Genus Scotomanes
  • Harlequin bat, Scotomanes ornatus
• Genus Scotorepens - lesser broad-nosed bats
  • Inland broad-nosed bat, Scotorepens balstoni
  • Little broad-nosed bat, Scotorepens greyii
  • Eastern broad-nosed bat, Scotorepens orion
  • Northern broad-nosed bat, Scotorepens sanborni
• Genus Thainycteris
  • Collared sprite, Thainycteris aureocollaris
  • Necklace sprite, Thainycteris torquatus

References