Eptesicus fuscus (Palisot de Beauvois 1796)
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/4865863C-FFBF-E61E-7090-FDDCB1AF92CB |
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Felipe |
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Eptesicus fuscus (Palisot de Beauvois 1796) |
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Eptesicus fuscus (Palisot de Beauvois 1796) View in CoL
Big Brown Bat
The big brown bat is one of the most widely distributed mammals in North America ( Hall 1981) and is found throughout the U.S. with the exception of the southern tip of Florida ( Ammerman et al. 2012). This species is a year-round resident of Texas. Allopatric distribution between the two subspecies (E. f. pallidus and E. f. fuscus ) occurs in the state resulting in two separate populations. E. f. fuscus typically is found in northern and eastern Texas whereas E. f. pallidus occurs in western Texas. An unverified record in Bexar County previously extended the E. fuscus distribution into south-central Texas ( Brennan 1945). This species has not yet been found in central Texas. New county records are presented for the following counties: Castro, Jasper, Lynn, Randall, and Tarrant.
Castro County.— A single individual of undetermined sex was received on 12 August 2008 ( ASNHC 14736 View Materials , skull only) .
Jasper County.—A female (TTU 113601, TK
171213) was received on 22 August 2007.
Lynn County.— Lynn County was erroneously documented as a specimen record by Ammerman et al. (2012), when in fact it was a DSHS record. Therefore , we consider the following juvenile male ( TTU 113599 View Materials , TK 171211) that was received from Lynn County on 2 August 2007 as a vouchered county record .
Randall County.— Randall County was documented previously as a DSHS record ( Ammerman et al. 2012). Because the specimen representing this record has been disposed, we consider the following specimens new county records. A specimen of undetermined sex was received on 7 July 2005 ( ASNHC 14735 View Materials , skull only) . A male ( TTU 113507 View Materials , TK 171119) was received on 28 July 2009. Two females ( TTU 113508 View Materials , TK 171120; TTU 113510 View Materials , TK 171122) were received on 18 November 2009.
Tarrant County.— A specimen ( TTU 113669 View Materials , TK 172031) of undetermined sex was received on 3 July 2009 .
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