Eptesicus (Eptesicus) fuscus (Beauvois 1796)

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Chiroptera - Family Vespertilionidae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 451-529 : 454

Eptesicus (Eptesicus) fuscus (Beauvois 1796)

[Vespertilio] fuscus Beauvois 1796 , Cat. Raisonne Mus. Peale Phil.: 18.

Type Locality: USA, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.

Vernacular Names: Big Brown Bat.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Eptesicus (Eptesicus) fuscus subsp. fuscus Beauvois 1796

Subspecies Eptesicus (Eptesicus) fuscus subsp. bahamensis Miller 1897

Subspecies Eptesicus (Eptesicus) fuscus subsp. bernardinus Rhoads 1902

Subspecies Eptesicus (Eptesicus) fuscus subsp. dutertreus P. Gervais 1837

Subspecies Eptesicus (Eptesicus) fuscus subsp. hispaniolae Miller 1918

Subspecies Eptesicus (Eptesicus) fuscus subsp. lynni Shamel 1945

Subspecies Eptesicus (Eptesicus) fuscus subsp. miradorensis H. Allen 1866

Subspecies Eptesicus (Eptesicus) fuscus subsp. osceola Rhoads 1902

Subspecies Eptesicus (Eptesicus) fuscus subsp. pallidus Young 1908

Subspecies Eptesicus (Eptesicus) fuscus subsp. peninsulae Thomas 1898

Subspecies Eptesicus (Eptesicus) fuscus subsp. petersoni Silva Taboada 1974

Subspecies Eptesicus (Eptesicus) fuscus subsp. wetmorei Jackson 1916

Distribution: S Canada to Colombia and N Brazil; Greater Antilles; Bahamas; Dominica and Barbados (Lesser Antilles); Alaska.

Conservation: IUCN 2003 and IUCN / SSC Action Plan (2001) – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Subgenus Eptesicus . Very similar to serotinus with which it may be conspecific according to Koopman (1993). Includes lynni; see Koopman (1989 c). See Kurta and Baker (1990). Caribbean forms reviewed by Timm and Genoways (2003).