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Thick-eared Bat

Eptesicus (Cnephaeus) pachyotis (Dobson, 1871)

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.

Distribution of Eptesicus pachyotis. Red - Extant (resident).

Distribution of Eptesicus pachyotis. Red - Extant (resident).

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Open encyclopedia reference

The thick-eared bat (Eptesicus pachyotis) is a species of vesper bat native to China, India, Myanmar, Bangladesh and Thailand. Very little is known about the status and ecology of this bat, except that it may prefer to inhabit tropical moist deciduous forests.

Wikipedia contributors, Thick-eared bat; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T04:35:56.553185+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.

Identity & source status

Scientific name
Eptesicus (Cnephaeus) pachyotis (Dobson, 1871)
Name authority
(Dobson, 1871)
Common name
Thick-eared Bat
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.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumChordata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. infraphylumGnathostomata
  6. parvphylumOsteichthyes
  7. megaclassTetrapoda
  8. classMammalia Linnaeus, 1758
  9. subclassTheria Parker & Haswell, 1897
  10. infraclassEutheria Gill, 1872
  11. orderChiroptera Blumenbach, 1779
  12. suborderYangochiroptera Koopman, 1984
  13. superfamilyVespertilionoidea Gray, 1821
  14. familyVespertilionidae Gray, 1821
  15. subfamilyVespertilioninae Gray, 1821
  16. tribeEptesicini Volleth & Heller, 1994
  17. genusEptesicus Rafinesque, 1820
  18. subgenusCnephaeus Kaup, 1829
  19. speciesEptesicus (Cnephaeus) pachyotis (Dobson, 1871)

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Eptesicus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Gobi Big Brown BatEptesicus (Cnephaeus) gobiensis Bobrinskii, 1926VespertilionidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Little Black SerotineEptesicus (Eptesicus) andinus J. A. Allen, 1914VespertilionidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Guadeloupe SerotineEptesicus (Eptesicus) guadeloupensis Genoways & Baker, 1975VespertilionidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Flower's SerotineEptesicus (Rhinopterus) floweri (de Winton, 1901)VespertilionidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Lagos SerotineEptesicus (Cnephaeus) platyops (Thomas, 1901)VespertilionidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Diminutive SerotineEptesicus (Eptesicus) diminutus Osgood, 1915VespertilionidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Brazilian Brown BatEptesicus (Eptesicus) brasiliensis (Desmarest, 1819)VespertilionidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Argentine Brown BatEptesicus (Eptesicus) furinalis (d'Orbigny, 1847)VespertilionidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Anatolian SerotineEptesicus (Cnephaeus) anatolicus Felten, 1971VespertilionidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Taddei's SerotineEptesicus (Eptesicus) taddeii Miranda, Bernardi & Passos, 2006VespertilionidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Big Brown BatEptesicus (Eptesicus) fuscus (Palisot de Beauvois, 1796)VespertilionidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Northern BatEptesicus (Cnephaeus) nilssonii (Keyserling & Blasius, 1839)VespertilionidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant

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Names & synonyms

Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.

Recorded nameSource status
Vesperugo pachyotis Dobson, 1871 Dobson, 1871synonym

Documented distribution

Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.

Southern Asia

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.

  1. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=631963 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.

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:6FZ4P. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.