''Scotorepens'' is a genus of bats within the

Vespertilionidae Vespertilionidae is a family of microbats, of the order Chiroptera, flying, insect-eating mammals variously described as the common, vesper, or simple nosed bats. The vespertilionid family is the most diverse and widely distributed of bat familie ...

family. Species within this genus are widely distributed across Australia and to the north at Papua New Guinea and Indonesia.

Taxonomy

The genus was erected by

Ellis Troughton Ellis Le Geyt Troughton (born in Sydney on 29 April 1893; died 30 November 1974) was an Australian zoologist and mammalogist. Biography Ellis Troughton began to exercise his interest in mammals at fourteen years of age, taking a role at the Au ...

in his 1943 volume on Australian mammals, having previously identified new taxa of "broad-nosed bats". The type species is ''Scoteinus orion'', published by Troughton in 1937. The taxa have been allied to the genus '' Nycticeius'', as given in Troughton's earlier descriptions, but recognised as a genus in other author's arrangements. ''Scotorepens'' has been allied to the

Vespertilionini Vespertilionini is a tribe of bats in the family Vespertilionidae. The largest of the tribes in Vespertilioninae, it contains many genera found throughout the Old World and Australasia. Species Species in the tribe include: * Genus '' Afronyct ...

tribe of the subfamily

Vespertilioninae The Vespertilioninae are a subfamily of vesper bats from the family Vespertilionidae. Classification Subfamily Vespertilioninae *Tribe Antrozoini **Genus '' Antrozous'' *** Pallid bat, ''Antrozous pallidus'' **Genus '' Bauerus'' *** Van Geld ...

, or grouped with Nycticeiini in earlier revisions. The authority

Mammal Species of the World ''Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference'' is a standard reference work in mammalogy giving descriptions and bibliographic data for the known species of mammals. It is now in its third edition, published in late 2005, ...

(2003), recognised the species and subspecies of the genus, which may be summarised as * Scotorepens :* '' Scotorepens balstoni'' the inland broad-nosed bat ::* ''Scotorepens bastoni bastoni'' ::* ''Scotorepens bastoni influatus'' :* '' Scotorepens greyii'' little broad-nosed :* '' Scotorepens orion'' eastern species :* ''

Scotorepens sanborni The northern broad-nosed bat (''Scotorepens sanborni'') is a species of the vespertilionid family of microbats. It can be found in northern Australia, Timor-Leste, and Papua New Guinea. Taxonomy The species was first described by Ellis Le G ...

'' northern species The systematics of the genus are suggested to be poorly resolved. An undescribed species somewhat resembling '' Scotorepens orion'', although smaller in size and weight, is designated the "central-eastern broad-nosed bat" pending further investigation.

Description

A genus of moderately small

microchiropteran Microbats constitute the suborder Microchiroptera within the order Chiroptera ( bats). Bats have long been differentiated into Megachiroptera (megabats) and Microchiroptera, based on their size, the use of echolocation by the Microchiroptera an ...

s, the face is distinguished the lack of hair on the muzzle or the elaborate nose-leaf structure of other genera.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q753706 Bat genera Taxa named by Ellis Le Geyt Troughton