Eptesicus serotinus

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Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Description

Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 2,911 meters (0 to 9,551 feet).[1]

Ecology: Found in a variety of habitats across its wide range including semi-desert, temperate and subtropical dry forest , Mediterranean-type shrubland, farmland and suburban areas. Favoured feeding areas include pasture, parkland, open woodland edge , tall hedgerows, gardens, and forested regions. Feeds on larger beetles, moths and flies.
Most summer (maternity) colonies are in buildings and occasionally tree holes or rock fissures .
In winter it roosts singly or in small numbers in buildings and rock crevices, or often in underground habitats in north central Europe. Winter roosts are usually in fairly cold, dry sites. It is a largely sedentary species, with movements to 330 km recorded (Havekost 1960 in Hutterer et al. 2005). (Ref. 271254).

List of Habitats:

•     1     Forest   
  
•     1.4     Forest - Temperate   
  
•     1.5     Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Dry   
  
•     3     Shrubland   
  
•     3.5     Shrubland - Subtropical/Tropical Dry   
  
•     3.8     Shrubland - Mediterranean-type Shrubby Vegetation   
  
•     4     Grassland   
  
•     4.4     Grassland - Temperate   
  
•     6     Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs , mountain peaks)   
  
•     7     Caves and Subterranean Habitats (non-aquatic)   
  
•     7.1     Caves and Subterranean Habitats (non-aquatic) - Caves   
  
•     7.2     Caves and Subterranean Habitats (non-aquatic) - Other Subterranean Habitats   
  
•     14     Artificial/Terrestrial   
  
•     14.1     Artificial/Terrestrial - Arable Land   
  
•     14.2     Artificial/Terrestrial - Pastureland   
  
•     14.4     Artificial/Terrestrial - Rural Gardens   
  
•     14.5     Artificial/Terrestrial - Urban Areas   
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Taxonomy

Synonyms

Eptesicus isabellinus • Eptesicus serotinus Schreber, 1774

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: 08-Jun-2004

The North African population has been named as a subspecies (E. s. isabellinus) and is considered by some authors to be a separate species (e.g. , Mayer et al. 2007). This may or may not be conspecific with the population in southern Iberia. Until this is resolved they are all treated as E. serotinus.[2].

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 history of British mammals / London: Gurney and Jackson, 1910-[1921]. url .
• A history of British mammals, by Gerald E. H. Barrett-Hamilton. .. With twenty-seven full-page plates in colour, fifty-four in black and white, and upwards of two hundred and fifty smaller illustrations, drawn by Edward A. Wilson 1 1910 London: Gurney and Jackson, 1910-1921. url p. 130.
• A study of the mammals of Iran: resulting from the Street Expedition of 1962-63 [by] Douglas M. Lay. 54 1967 [Chicago]Field Museum of Natural History, 1967. url p. 100, p. 144, p. 76.
• Bats of Portugal: zoogeography and systematics / by Jorge M. Palmeirim. 1990 Lawrence, Kan.: University of Kansas. Museum of Natural History, 1990. url , , p. 23, fig. 26, page 24, p. 25, p. 42, p. 51.
• Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). London: BM(NH) url p. 236, p. 237, p. 253, p. 260, p. 270, p. 296, p. 578.
• Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. 59 1915 Cambridge, Mass.: The Museum, 1863- url p. 4, p. 4, p. 635, p. 658.
• Catalogue of the mammals of Western Europe (Europe exclusive of Russia) in the collection of the British Museum London: printed by order of the Trustees, 1912. url , , , , , , , .
• Catalogue of the mammals of western Europe (Europe exclusive of Russia) in the collection of the British Museum / by Gerrit S. Miller. London: BMNH, 1912. url p. 1009, p. 1018, p. 226, p. 228, p. 234, p. 235, p. 236.
• Checklist of Palaearctic and Indian mammals 1758 to 1946 / by J.R. Ellerman and T.C.S. Morrison-Scott. London: BM(NH), 1966. url p. 153, p. 156, p. 157, p. 158, p. 153, p. 156, p. 157, p. 158.
• Checklists for the CORINE Biotopes Programme and its application in the PHARE countries of Central and East Europe: including comparisons with relevant conventions and agreements on the conservation of European species and habitats EC url p. 97.
• Fur and feather in North China. Tientsin, The Tientsin Press, Limited, 1914. url .
• General embryological information service. Utrecht, Hubrecht Laboratory. url p. 110.
• General function of the gall bladder from the evolutionary standpoint, by Frank W. Gorham and Andrew Conway Ivy. 22 1938 Chicago, 1938. url p. 190.
• Occasional papers of the Museum of Natural History, the University of Kansas. Lawrence, Kan.: The University, 1971-1994. url , p. 18, p. 23, p. 33.
• Population studies of myotis lucifugus (chiroptera: vespertilionidae) in Ontario / [Toronto]: Royal Ontario Museum, 1970. url p. 32.
• Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. Washington, Biological Society of Washington url p. 219, p. 80.
• Proceedings of the United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.] url p. 18.
• Report on the progress and condition of the U.S. National Museum for the year ending June 30. .. / Smithsonian Institution, United States National Museum. Washington: G.P.O., 1907-1951. url p. 121.
• Special scientific report--wildlife / U.S. Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service. Washington, D.C.: The Service, 1949- url p. 6, p. 8.
• Spixiana. München: Zoologische Staatssammlung München, 1977- url p. 37.
• The Entomologist's monthly magazine. Oxford [etc.]Entomologist's Monthly Magazine Ltd. [etc.] url p. 86.
• The Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. Bombay: The Society, url p. 745.
• The Scottish naturalist. Arbroath [etc.]T. Buncle & Co. [etc.] url .
• The University of Kansas science bulletin. 49 1972 [Lawrence]: University of Kansas, 1902-1996. url p. 724.
• The bats of Iran: systematics, distribution, ecology / Anthony F. DeBlase. 4 1980 Chicago: Field Museum of Natural History, 1980. url fig. 113 , fig. 112 , fig. 92 , fig. 96-97 , p. 148, p. 152, p. 193, p. 194, p. 197, p. 200, p. 201, p. 204, p. 265, p. 274, p. 288, p. 291, p. 293, p. 319, p. 332, p. 339, p. v, p. x, p. xiv, p. xv, p. xvii.
• The families and genera of bats / Washington: Govt. Print. 0ff., 1907. url .
• The mammals of Africa: country lists. Draft document IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre, UNEP, WWF url .
• The mammals of China and Mongolia / by Glover M. Allen. New York: American Museum of Natural History, 1938-1940. url p. 238, p. 239, p. 242, p. 243.
• Through Shên-kan: the account of the Clark expedition in north China, 1908-9 / By Robert Sterling Clark and Arthur de C. Sowerby, ed. by Major C. H. Chepmell. London [etc.]: T. F. Unwin, 1912. url p. 172.
• Through Shên-kan; the account of the Clark expedition in north China, 1908-9. By Robert Sterling Clark and Arthur de C. Sowerby, ed. by Major C. H. Chepmell. London [etc.]T. F. Unwin, 1912. url p. 172, p. 172.
• Veröffentlichungen der Zoologischen Staatssammlung München. München: Die Staatssammlung, url p. 174, p. 219, p. 89.
• Wild creatures of garden and hedgerow / by Frances Pitt. London: Constable and company ltd., 1920. url p. 23.

Notes

Contributors

• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 31, 2012.
• Hutson, A.M., Spitzenberger, F., Aulagnier, S., Alcaldé, J.T., Csorba, G., Bumrungsri, S., Francis, C., Bates, P., Gumal, M., Kingston, T. & Benda, P. 2008. Eptesicus serotinus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 31January2012.
• IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 17, 2007:

• European Environment Agency, EUNIS
• Field Museum, Mammal specimens
• Institute of Nature Conservation PAS, National System of Proetcted Areas
• Israel Nature and Parks Authority, Israel Nature and Parks Authority
• Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History, Vertebrate specimens
• Mammal Research Institute PAS, Mammal Collection
• Marine Science Institute, UCSB, Paleobiology Database
• Michigan State University Museum, Vertebrate specimens
• Royal Ontario Museum, Mammal specimens
• UK National Biodiversity Network, Biological Records Centre - Mammal records from Britain from the Atlas of Mammals
• , with some subsequent records
• UK National Biodiversity Network, Natural England - Batsites inventory for Britain

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 105014
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-631969
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 2494622
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 631969
• IUCN ID: 208003
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 4867

Footnotes

1. Mean = 28.810 meters (94.521 feet), Standard Deviation = 45.740 based on 127,823 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
2. Hutson, A.M., Spitzenberger, F., Aulagnier, S., Alcaldé, J.T., Csorba, G., Bumrungsri, S., Francis, C., Bates, P., Gumal, M., Kingston, T. & Benda, P. 2008. Eptesicus serotinus. 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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