SCIENTIFIC NAME: Eptesicus Rafinesque, 1820
COMMON NAMES: Serotines
SYNONYMS: = Cateorus Kolenati, 1856; Cnephaeus Kaup, 1829; Vesperus Keyserling, Blasius, 1839 part; Noctula Bonaparte, 1841; ?Meteorus Kolenati, 1856 part.; Amblyotus Kolenati, 1858; Pachyomus Gray, 1866; Nyctiptenus Fitzinger, 1870; Adelonycteris Allen, 1892; Pareptesicus Bianchi, 1917; Rhyneptesicus Bianchi, 1917; Tuitatus Kishida, Mori, 1931 nom. nud.
DIMENSIONS: Body mass 5-40 g, head & body 35-80 mm, tail 35-70 mm, forearm 31-58 mm, wing span 21-40 cm.
DESCRIPTION:
DISTRIBUTION:
NATURAL HISTORY:

Five species occur in Russia and neighbouring countries:
Common serotine - E. serotinus
Bott's serotine - E. bottae
Northern bat - E. nilssoni
Gobian serotine - E. gobiensis
Bobrinski's bat - E. bobrinskoi