NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD
Guadeloupe Serotine
Eptesicus (Eptesicus) guadeloupensis Genoways & Baker, 1975
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.
Open encyclopedia reference
The Guadeloupe big brown bat (Eptesicus guadeloupensis) is a species of vesper bat. It is found only on the island of Guadeloupe. It is one of the eleven species of bat found on Guadeloupe, and one of three that are endemic.
Wikipedia contributors, Guadeloupe big brown bat; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T07:35:50.552135+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Eptesicus (Eptesicus) guadeloupensis Genoways & Baker, 1975
- Name authority
- Genoways & Baker, 1975
- Common name
- Guadeloupe Serotine
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Chiroptera
- Family
- Vespertilionidae
- Genus
- Eptesicus
- 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
- genusEptesicus Rafinesque, 1820
- subgenusEptesicus Rafinesque, 1820
- speciesEptesicus (Eptesicus) guadeloupensis Genoways & Baker, 1975
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Eptesicus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Gobi Big Brown BatEptesicus (Cnephaeus) gobiensis Bobrinskii, 1926 | VespertilionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Little Black SerotineEptesicus (Eptesicus) andinus J. A. Allen, 1914 | VespertilionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Thick-eared BatEptesicus (Cnephaeus) pachyotis (Dobson, 1871) | VespertilionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Flower's SerotineEptesicus (Rhinopterus) floweri (de Winton, 1901) | VespertilionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Lagos SerotineEptesicus (Cnephaeus) platyops (Thomas, 1901) | VespertilionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Diminutive SerotineEptesicus (Eptesicus) diminutus Osgood, 1915 | VespertilionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Brazilian Brown BatEptesicus (Eptesicus) brasiliensis (Desmarest, 1819) | VespertilionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Argentine Brown BatEptesicus (Eptesicus) furinalis (d'Orbigny, 1847) | VespertilionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Anatolian SerotineEptesicus (Cnephaeus) anatolicus Felten, 1971 | VespertilionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Taddei's SerotineEptesicus (Eptesicus) taddeii Miranda, Bernardi & Passos, 2006 | VespertilionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Big Brown BatEptesicus (Eptesicus) fuscus (Palisot de Beauvois, 1796) | VespertilionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Northern BatEptesicus (Cnephaeus) nilssonii (Keyserling & Blasius, 1839) | 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.
- https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=631955 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:6FYT7. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.