Eptesicus fuscus fuscus

• Interesting Facts
• Common Names
• Description
• Taxonomy
• Similar Species
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• Notes

Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Description

Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 954 meters (0 to 3,130 feet).[1]

Taxonomy

Similar Species

Members of the genus Eptesicus

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 48 species and subspecies in this genus:

E. andinus (Little Black Serotinelittle Black Serotine) · E. baverstocki (Inland Forest Bat) · E. bobrinskoi (Bobrinski's Serotine) · E. bottae (Botta's Serotine) · E. brasiliensis (Brazilian Brown Bat) · E. brunneus (Dark-Brown Serotine) · E. capensis (Cape Serotine) · E. chiriquinus (Chiriquinan Serotine) · E. darlingtoni (Large Forest Bat) · E. demissus (Surat Serotine) · E. diminutus (Diminutive Serotine) · E. dimissus (Surat Serotine) · E. douglasorum (Yellow-Lipped Bat) · E. finlaysoni (Big Brown Bats) · E. flavescens (Yellow Serotine) · E. floweri (Horn-Skinned Bat) · E. furinalis (Argentinian Brown Bat) · E. furinalis furinalis (Argentine Brown Bat) · E. fuscus (Big Brown Bat) · E. fuscus fuscus (Big Brown Bat) · E. fuscus wetmorei (Big Brown Bat) · E. gobiensis (Gobi Big Brown Bat) · E. guadeloupensis (Guadeloupean Big Brown Bat) · E. guineensis (Tiny Serotine) · E. hottentotus (Long-Tailed House Bat) · E. innoxius (Harmless Serotine) · E. japonensis (Japanese Short-Tailed Bat) · E. kobayashii (Kobayashi's Serotine) · E. malagasyensis (Isalo Serotine) · E. matroka (Malagasy Serotine) · E. melckorum (Melck's House Bat) · E. nasutus (Sind Serotine Bat) · E. nilssoni (Northern Bat) · E. nilssonii (Northern Bat) · E. nilssoni nilssoni (Northern Bat) · E. pachyotis (Thick-Eared Bat) · E. platyops (Lagos Serotine) · E. pumilus (Eastern Forest Bat) · E. regulus (Southern Forest Bat) · E. rendalli (Rendall's Serotine) · E. sagittula (Large Forest Bat) · E. serotinus (Common Serotine) · E. serotinus pallens (Serotine) · E. somalicus (Somali Serotine) · E. tatei (Sombre Bat) · E. tenuipinnis (White-Winged Serotine) · E. troughtoni (Big Brown Bats) · E. vulturnus (Little Forest Bat)

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Further Reading

• A distributional list of the mammals of California, by Joseph Grinnell. San Francisco, The Academy, 1913. url p. 280.
• A faunal investigation of King Township, York County, Ontario / [Toronto: Royal Ontario Museum of Zoology], 1930. url p. 175.
• Abstract of the proceedings of the Linnaean Society of New York. [New York]: The Society, [1889-1932]. url p. 51, p. 56.
• An account of the birds and mammals of the San Jacinto area of southern California with remarks upon the behavior of geographic races on the margins of their habitats by J. Grinnell and H.S. Swarth. Berkeley, University of California Press, 1913. url p. 381.
• Animal life of the Carlsbad cavern, by Vernon Bailey. .. Baltimore, The Williams & Wilkins Company, 1928. url , p. 110.
• Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. New YorkAmerican Museum of Natural History1881- url p. 27, p. 628.
• Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). London: BM(NH) url p. 562, p. 578.
• Bulletin of the Wisconsin Natural History Society. Milwaukee, The Society, [1900-1920] url .
• 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 maps. New York, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1928. url fig. 15, p. 59.
• Fieldbook of Illinois mammals / Donald F. Hoffmeister, Carl O. Mohr. Urbana: Natural History Survey Division, 1957. url p. 79, p. 79.
• Handbook of mammals of Kansas / by E. Raymond Hall. 1955 Lawrence, Kansas: Museum of Natural History, University of Kansas, 1955. url p. 37.
• Journal of mammalogy. Baltimore, Md.: American Society of Mammalogists url p. 173, p. 52.
• List of North American land mammals in the United States National Museum, 1911; by Gerrit S. Miller, jr. Washington, Govt. print. off., 1912. url p. 62.
• Miscellaneous publication - University of Kansas, Museum of Natural History. 1967 Lawrence: University of Kansas, 1946-1996. url fig. 6, page 15, p. 16.
• Monograph of the Museum of Natural History, the University of Kansas. Lawrence, Kan.: The Museum. url p. 406.
• Naturalist's guide to the Americas, prepared by the Committee on the Preservation of Natural Conditions of the Ecological Society of America, with assistance from numerous organizations and individuals, assembled and edited by chairman, Baltimore, Williams & Wilkins, 1926. url p. 442.
• North American fauna. Washington: Fish and Wildlife Service; for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U. S. Govt. Print. Off. url , , p. 12, p. 210, p. 222, p. 25, p. 404, p. 52, p. 82, p. 86.
• Occasional papers of the Museum of Natural History, the University of Kansas. Lawrence, Kan.: The University, 1971-1994. url , p. 40.
• Population ecology of the little brown bat, Myotis lucifugus, in Indiana and north-central Kentucky / by Stephen R. Humphrey and James B. Cope. [Stillwater, Okla.]: American Society of Mammalogists, 1976. url p. 78.
• Population studies of myotis lucifugus (chiroptera: vespertilionidae) in Ontario / [Toronto]: Royal Ontario Museum, 1970. url p. 29.
• Proceedings - California Academy of Sciences, 4th series. San Francisco, California Academy of Sciences. url p. 280, p. 409, p. 411, p. 85.
• Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. Washington, Biological Society of Washington url p. 134, p. 200, p. 211.
• Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 4th series. San Francisco, California Academy of Sciences. url p. 280, p. 409, p. 85.
• Proceedings of the United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.] url , p. 590, p. 597.
• Publication. Field Museum of Natural History. Chicago, U.S.A.: The Museum, 1910-1943. url p. 467, p. 495.
• Syllogeus. Ottawa, National Museum of Natural Sciences, 1972-1995. url p. 72.
• The Canadian field-naturalist. 63 1949 Ottawa, Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club. url hitchcock , allen , p. 115, p. 142, p. 143, p. 175, p. 186, p. 196, p. 209, p. 231, p. 253, p. 31, p. 54, p. 59.
• The mammals of Illinois and Wisconsin, by Charles B. Cory. .. 11 1912 Chicago, 1912. url p. 467, p. 467, p. 495.
• University of California publications in zoology. Berkeley: University Press, 1906- url p. 315, p. 315, p. 320, p. 350, p. 352, p. 381, p. 404.
• University of Kansas publications, Museum of Natural History. 16 1964 Lawrence, University of Kansas. url p. 100, p. 276, p. 30, p. 300, p. 340, p. 482, p. 53, p. 55, p. 70, p. 71, fig. 11, page 82, p. 89, p. 91, p. 93.
• [Collected reprints, 1912-1919. s.l., s.n., 19--] url , .

Notes

Contributors

• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 31, 2012.

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 5725062
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2275044

Footnotes

1. Mean = 284.470 meters (933.301 feet), Standard Deviation = 160.180 based on 516 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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