Eptesicus fuscus

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Common Names

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Description

Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 2,793 meters (0 to 9,163 feet).[1]

Biome: Terrestrial

Taxonomy

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 06-Aug-2004

Similar Species

Members of the genus Eptesicus

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 92 species and subspecies in this genus:

E. andersoni · E. andinus · E. ater · E. aurelianensis · E. baverstocki (Inland Forest Bat) · E. bobrinskii · E. bobrinskoi (Bobrinski's Serotine) · E. bottae (Botta's Serotine) · E. bottae anatolicus · E. bottae hingstoni · E. bottae ognevi · E. bottae omanensis · E. brasiliensis (Brazilian Brown Bat) · E. brasiliensis andinus · E. brasiliensis argentinus · E. brasiliensis brasiliensis · E. brasiliensis thomasi · E. brunneus (Dark-Brown Serotine) · E. campanensis · E. capensis (Cape Serotine) · E. capensis damarensis · E. caurinus · E. chiriquinus · E. darlingtoni (Large Forest Bat) · E. demissus (Surat Serotine) · E. diminutus (Diminutive Serotine) · E. dimissus (Surat Serotine) · E. douglasorum (Yellow-Lipped Bat) · E. fidelis · E. finlaysoni (Finlayson's Cave Bat) · E. flavescens (Yellow Serotine) · E. floweri (Horn-Skinned Bat) · E. furinalis (Argentine Brown Bat) · E. furinalis furinalis (Argentine Brown Bat) · E. furinalis gaumeri · E. furinalis guamen · E. fuscus (Big Brown Bat) · E. fuscus bernardinus · E. fuscus dutertreus · E. fuscus fuscus (Big Brown Bat) · E. fuscus miradorensis · E. fuscus osceola · E. fuscus pallidus · E. fuscus peninsulae · E. fuscus penninsulae · E. fuscus petersoni · E. fuscus wetmorei (Big Brown Bat) · E. gaumeri · E. gobiensis (Gobi Big Brown Bat) · E. grandis · E. guadeloupensis (Guadeloupe Big Brown Bat) · E. guineensis (Tiny Serotine) · E. hingstoni · E. hottentotus (Long-Tailed House Bat) · E. innoxius (Harmless Serotine) · E. kobayashii (Kobayashi's Serotine) · E. lynni · E. matroka · E. melanops · E. melckorum (Melck's House Bat) · E. montosus · E. murinus · E. nasutus (Sind Bat) · E. nasutus nasutus · E. nilssoni (Northern Bat) · E. nilssonii · E. nilssoni nilssoni (Northern Bat) · E. nilssoni parvus · E. pachyotis (Thick-Eared Bat) · E. phasma · E. platyops (Lagos Serotine) · E. praeglacialis · E. propinquus · E. pumilus (Eastern Forest Bat) · E. pumilus caurinus · E. regulus (Southern Forest Bat) · E. rendalli (Rendall's Serotine) · E. sagittula (Large Forest Bat) · E. serotinus (Serotine) · E. serotinus isabellinus · E. serotinus pachyomus · E. serotinus pallens (Serotine) · E. serotinus serotinus · E. serotinus turcomanus · E. somalicus (Somali Serotine) · E. somalicus vansoni · E. tatei (Sombre Bat) · E. tenuipinnis (White-Winged Serotine) · E. troughtoni (Troughton's Forest Bat) · E. vulturnus (Little Forest Bat) · E. walli · E. zuluensis

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Further Reading

• A checklist of the vertebrate animals of Kansas / George D. Potts, Joseph T. Collins. [Lawrence, Kan.]: Museum of Natural History, University of Kansas, 1991. ENG url p. 2.
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• Animal life in the Yosemite; an account of the mammals, birds, reptiles, and amphibians in a cross-section of the Sierra Nevada, by Joseph Grinnell and Tracy Irwin Storer Berkeley, Calif., University of California Press, 1924. ENG url p. 744.
• Animal life of the Carlsbad cavern, by Vernon Bailey Baltimore, The Williams & Wilkins Company, 1928. ENG url p. 121, p. 122, p. 189.
• Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Washington: Smithsonian Institution, -1965. ENG url p. 104, p. 281, p. 90.
• Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes 2003. Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada.
• Biophysical science. Englewood Cliffs, N.J., Prentice-Hall, 1962. ENG url p. 56.
• Brigham Young University science bulletin. Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University, [1955-1976] ENG url p. 31, p. 33, p. 37, p. 45, p. 48, p. 5, p. 61, p. 64, p. 69, p. 70, p. 72, p. 88, p. 9.
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• Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). London: BM(NH) ENG url p. 270, p. 296.
• Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. Cambridge, Mass.: The Museum, ENG url p. 215, p. 243.
• California mammals / by Frank Stephens; illustrated by W. J. Fenn from studies in the field. San Diego, Calif.: West Coast Pub. Co., 1906. ENG url p. 313.
• Carnegie Institution of Washington publication. Washington, Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1902- ENG url p. 179, p. 501.
• Ectoparasites of Panama. Rupert L. Wenzel [and] Vernon J. Tipton, editors. Chicago, Field Museum of Natural History, 1966. ENG url p. 396, p. 402, p. 96.
• Entomological news. [Philadelphia]American Entomological Society, 1925- ENG url p. 272, p. 48, p. 6.
• FWS/0BS. [Washington]Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Dept. of the Interior. ENG url p. 108.
• Field book of North American mammals; descriptions of every mammal known north of the Rio Grande, together with brief accounts of habits, geographical ranges, etc., by H. E. Anthony with 32 coloured plates and 175 photographs, pen-and-ink sketches and New York, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1928. ENG url p. 58, p. 59.
• Fishery circular / U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Fisheries. [Washington]: The Bureau, 1931-1939. ENG url p. 73.
• Fleas of eastern United States, by Irving Fox Ames, Ia., The Iowa State College Press, 1940. ENG url p. 108, p. 114, p. 125.
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• Handbook of mammals of Kansas / by E. Raymond Hall. Lawrence, Kansas: Museum of Natural History, University of Kansas, 1955. ENG url p. 25, p. 299, p. 37.
• Influence of cold on host-parasite interactions. Fort Wainwright, Alaska, Arctic Aeromedical Laboratory, 1963. ENG url p. 395.
• Life-histories of northern animals: an account of the mammals of Manitoba / by Ernest Thompson Seton, naturalist to the Government of Manitoba; with 68 maps and 560 drawings by the author. New York City: Scribner, 1909. ENG url p. 1177.
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Notes

Contributors

• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed October 3, 2006.
• Chiroptera Specialist Group 1996. Eptesicus fuscus. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org . Downloaded on 20 October 2006.
• Chiroptera Specialist Group 1996. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 19, 2008.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 12, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 35 providers.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 12, 2008:

• Borror Laboratory of Bioacoustics
• Burke Museum: Mammal Specimens
• Comisión nacional para el conocimiento y uso de la biodiversidad: Colección de Mamíferos de la Sierra Volcánica Transversal de México (UAM-I)
• Comisión nacional para el conocimiento y uso de la biodiversidad: Colección de Mamíferos de Nuevo León, México (UANL)
• Field Museum: Mammal specimens
• GBIF-Sweden: Mammals (NRM)
• Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History: Vertebrate specimens
• Louisiana State University Museum of Natural Science: Mammal specimens
• Marine Science Institute, UCSB: Paleobiology Database
• Michigan State University Museum: Vertebrate specimens
• Museum of Texas Tech University (TTU): Mammal specimens
• Museum of Vertebrate Zoology: Terrestrial vertebrate specimens
• Royal Ontario Museum: Mammal specimens
• Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History: Santa Barbara Musem of Natural History
• Sternberg Museum of Natural History: Mammal Collection
• UNIBIO, IBUNAM: CNMA/Coleccion Nacional de Mamiferos
• University of Alaska Museum of the North: MSB Mammals Specimens
• University of Alaska Museum of the North: UAM Mammals Specimens
• University of Colorado Museum: Zoological specimens
• University of Minnesota Bell Museum of Natural History: Mammal specimens

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2477672
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-180008
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 180008
• IUCN ID: 7928
• Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: AMACC04010
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 4790

Footnotes

1. Mean = 763.190 meters (2,503.904 feet), Standard Deviation = 770.480 based on 1,586 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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