Authority citation: Imaizumi, Y. 1953. A new species of Eptesicus from Japan (Mammalia: Chiroptera). Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Tokyo 33:91-95.
Original name as described: Eptesicus japonensis
Nominal names: japonensis (Imaizumi, 1953)
Other common names: Japanese Northern Bat|Japanese Short-tailed Bat
Taxonomy
Subclass: Theria -- Infraclass: Placentalia -- Order: Chiroptera -- Family: Vespertilionidae -- Subfamily: Vespertilioninae -- Tribe: Eptesicini
Type specimen voucher catalogue number: NSMT-M 2060
Type locality: Hokujô-Mura (Shinden), 720 m, Kita-Azumi-Gun, Nagano Prefecture, Central Honshu, Japan.
Country distribution (coarse map shown below; most species exist in only part of countries): Japan (JPN)
Species Status: This species is currently living, it lives in wild habitats, its taxonomic status is currently accepted, and it is listed in MSW3 2005.
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species status:
Species-specific notes: moved from Eptesicus to Cnephaeus
Citation: Cláudio, V. C., Novaes, R. L., Gardner, A. L., Nogueira, M. R., Wilson, D. E., Maldonado, J. E., ... & Moratelli, R. (2023). Taxonomic re-evaluation of New World Eptesicus and Histiotus (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae), with the description of a new genus. Zoologia (Curitiba), 40, e22029.
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