Eptesicus

We have focused on the big brown bat, Eptesicus fucus, a widely distributed species in North and Central America and two species of Old World fruit bats, Cynopterus sphinx and C. brachyotis.

Contributor: Thomas Kunz 2010

Ten species are reported from Guadeloupe of which Eptesicus guadeloupensis and Sturnira thomasi are island-endemics.

Guadeloupe 2009

Ten species are reported from Guadeloupe of which Eptesicus guadeloupensis and Sturnira thomasi are island-endemics.

Leeward Islands moist forests 2008

Eptesicus sagittula, otherwise known as the large forest bat, is the only indigenous native mammal known to be living in the Lord Howe Island Group.

Lord Howe Island Group, Australia 2008

There are three island endemic bats on Jamaica (Artibeus flavescens, Phyllonycteris aphylla, Eptesicus lynni).

Jamaican moist forests 2008

Endemic mammals also include one bat species, Eptesicus floweri, a zebra mouse species, Lemniscomys hoogstraali (DD), and two more gerbils from the genus Taterillus, T. petteri and T. pygargus.

Sahelian Acacia savanna 2008

There are three endemic bats on Jamaica (Artibeus flavescens, Phyllonycteris aphylla, Eptesicus lynni).

Jamaican dry forests 2008

A small population of little cave eptesicus Eptesicus sagittula still occurs.

Lord Howe Island Group, Australia 2008

Not surprisingly, there is only one native mammal, the large forest bat (Eptesicus sagittula), and two native reptiles, a skink (Oligosoma lichenigera VU) and a gecko (Phyllodactylus guentheri), both of which may be extinct on the main island due to the effects of introduced predators.

Lord Howe Island subtropical forests 2007

(Eptesicus fuscus fuscus), and the black-nosed bat (Myotis subulatus melanorhinus).

Tseh So, a Small House Ruin, Chaco Canyon, New Mexico : 1937