Eptesicus floweri

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• Common Names
• Description
• Taxonomy
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• Notes

Interesting Facts

Common Names

Description

Habitat

Biome: Terrestrial [1].

Ecology: Animals have been collected from thorny acacia thicket, dry shrubland, dry grassland and desert habitats . Koopman (1975) mentions that collection sites in Sudan and Mali are similar thorny acacia thickets and that the species may be associated with this vegetation type . Padial and Ibáñez (2005) note that the species was collected in a similar thorny dry habitat to other records .[1].

List of Habitats:

•     3     Shrubland   
  
•     3.5     Shrubland - Subtropical/Tropical Dry   
  
•     4     Grassland   
  
•     4.5     Grassland - Subtropical/Tropical Dry   
  
•     8     Desert   
  
•     8.1     Desert - Hot   
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Taxonomy

Synonyms

Eptesicus lowei

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: 08-Jun-2004

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

• Baillie, J. and Groombridge, B. (compilers and editors) 1996. 1996 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.
• Braestrup, F. W. 1935. Report on the mammals collected by Mr. Harry Madsen during Professor O. Olufsen's Expedition to French Sudan and Nigeria in the years 1927-28 (with zoogeographical remarks). Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening 99: 73-130.
• Koopman, K. F. 1975. Bats of the Sudan. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 154(4): 355-444.
• Padial, J. M. and Ibáñez, C. 2005. New records and comments for the Mauritanian mammal fauna. Mammalia 69(2): 239-243.
• Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds. 1993. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing. Smithsonian Institution Press. Washington, DC, USA. xviii + 1207. ISBN: 1-56098-217-9.

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-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 31, 2012.
• IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
• Jacobs, D., Cotterill, F.P.D., Taylor, P.J. & Fahr, J. 2008. Eptesicus floweri. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 31January2012.
• Jacobs, D., Cotterill, F.W., Taylor, P. and Fahr, J. 2004. Eptesicus floweri. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org . Downloaded on 20 October 2006.
• Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 104997
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-631953
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 631953
• IUCN ID: 207988
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 4788

Footnotes

1. Jacobs, D., Cotterill, F.P.D., Taylor, P.J. & Fahr, J. 2008. Eptesicus floweri. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 31 January 2012. [back]

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