Order Chiroptera Author Karl F. Koopman text 1993 Smithsonian Institution Press Washington and London Editor Don E. Wilson Editor DeeAnn M. Reeder Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition) 137 241 book chapter http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7353060 54c9783b-6624-4034-96d9-d09afe43b319 1-56098-217-9 7353060 Eptesicus Rafinesque, 1820 . Ann. Nature, p. 2 . TYPE SPECIES: Eptesicus melanops Rafinesque, 1820 (= Vespertilio fuscus Beauvois, 1796 ). SYNONYMS: Neoromicia, Rhinopterus, Vespadelus . COMMENTS: Middle and South American species reviewed by W. B. Davis (1965) and Davis (1966). Australian species reviewed by Kitchener et al. (1987). Hill and Harrison (1987) would transfer the Australian and most of the African species (subgenera Vespadelus and Neoromicia ) to Pipistrellus . Volleth and Tidemann (1991) would raise Vespadelus to full generic rank.