Eptesicus

• Brazilian Brown Bat Eptesicus (Eptesicus) brasiliensis

  

  This bat is recorded from Mexico south to southern South America. It catches insects while flying over tropical streams and habitat edges.

• Diminutive Serotine Eptesicus (Eptesicus) diminutus

  

  The Argentine biodiversity profile treats this bat as Neoeptesicus diminutus. Its back is golden chestnut, its underside gray-yellow to ochre, and the profile lists forests, pampas, and humid savannas as habitats.

• Argentine Serotine Eptesicus (Eptesicus) furinalis

  

  Its back hairs have dark bases and brown to yellowish-brown tips, with color varying by season and habitat. The species catches insects in flight over treetops, streams, and ponds.

• Big Brown Bat Eptesicus (Eptesicus) fuscus

  

  The big brown bat has a robust build. The Texas account describes it using varied habitats and roosting in buildings as well as natural sites.

• Little Black Serotine Eptesicus (Eptesicus) andinus

  This bat is distributed in South America, especially the Andes. A Bolivian account reports that it catches moths and beetles in flight.

• Chiriquinan Serotine Eptesicus (Eptesicus) chiriquinus

  Eptesicus chiriquinus is recorded in Bolivia. The Bolivian bat conservation program describes most records as humid, while also documenting a capture in dry inter-Andean forest at Torotoro National Park.

• Guadeloupe Serotine (Eptesicus guadeloupensis) Eptesicus (Eptesicus) guadeloupensis

  The Guadeloupe Serotine is a large bat known only from Guadeloupe. It is reported to hunt insects around humid forest and wetland habitats.

• Harmless Serotine Eptesicus (Eptesicus) innoxius

  This small bat is recorded on the Pacific side of western Ecuador and northwestern Peru. The current taxonomic name Neoeptesicus innoxius reflects its transfer from Eptesicus.

• Taddei's Serotine Eptesicus (Eptesicus) taddeii

  This medium-sized bat was described from the Atlantic Forest of southern and southeastern Brazil. The original description reports captures in forest and at forest edges.

• Ulapes Serotine Eptesicus (Eptesicus) ulapesensis

  This bat was described from Argentina in 2019. It has golden to yellow-brown fur on the back, strong contrast with the underside, and a type specimen from near Ulapes in La Rioja Province.

• Big Brown Bat Eptesicus (Eptesicus) fuscus

  The big brown bat has a robust build. The Texas account describes it using varied habitats and roosting in buildings as well as natural sites.

• Argentine Serotine Eptesicus (Eptesicus) furinalis

  Its back hairs have dark bases and brown to yellowish-brown tips, with color varying by season and habitat. The species catches insects in flight over treetops, streams, and ponds.

• Brazilian Brown Bat Eptesicus (Eptesicus) brasiliensis

  This bat is recorded from Mexico south to southern South America. It catches insects while flying over tropical streams and habitat edges.

• Diminutive Serotine Eptesicus (Eptesicus) diminutus

  The Argentine biodiversity profile treats this bat as Neoeptesicus diminutus. Its back is golden chestnut, its underside gray-yellow to ochre, and the profile lists forests, pampas, and humid savannas as habitats.