NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD
Gaskell's False Serotine
Hesperoptenus (Milithronycteris) gaskelli Hill, 1983
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Hesperoptenus (Milithronycteris) gaskelli Hill, 1983
- Name authority
- Hill, 1983
- Common name
- Gaskell's False Serotine
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Chiroptera
- Family
- Vespertilionidae
- Genus
- Hesperoptenus
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classMammalia Linnaeus, 1758
- subclassTheria Parker & Haswell, 1897
- infraclassEutheria Gill, 1872
- orderChiroptera Blumenbach, 1779
- suborderYangochiroptera Koopman, 1984
- superfamilyVespertilionoidea Gray, 1821
- familyVespertilionidae Gray, 1821
- subfamilyVespertilioninae Gray, 1821
- tribeEptesicini Volleth & Heller, 1994
- genusHesperoptenus Peters, 1868
- subgenusMilithronycteris Hill, 1976
- speciesHesperoptenus (Milithronycteris) gaskelli Hill, 1983
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Hesperoptenus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Blanford's BatHesperoptenus (Milithronycteris) blanfordi (Dobson, 1877) | VespertilionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Tickell's BatHesperoptenus (Milithronycteris) tickelli (Blyth, 1851) | VespertilionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Large False SerotineHesperoptenus (Milithronycteris) tomesi Thomas, 1905 | VespertilionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Doria's False SerotineHesperoptenus (Hesperoptenus) doriae (Peters, 1868) | VespertilionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Hill, J. E. (1983). Bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) from Indo-Australia. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Zoology, Vol. 45, No. 3. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:3L5SP. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.