Definition of Eptesicus fuscus

1. Noun. Rather large North American brown bat; widely distributed.

Exact synonyms: Big Brown Bat
Generic synonyms: Vespertilian Bat, Vespertilionid
Group relationships: Eptesicus, Genus Eptesicus

Lexicographical Neighbors of Eptesicus Fuscus

Epistle to the Philippians
Epistle to the Romans
Epithelial membrane antigen
Epona
Epsilon Aurigae
Epsilon Pegasi
Epsom salts
Epstein
Epstein's disease
Epstein's pearls
Epstein's sign
Epstein's symptom
Epstein-Barr virus
Eptesicus
Eptesicus fuscus (current term)
Eptesicus serotinus
Eq
Equador laurel
Equality State
Equanil
Equator
Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea monetary unit
Equatorial Guinean
Equatorial Guineans
Equetus
Equetus lanceolatus
Equetus pulcher
Equipoise

Literary usage of Eptesicus fuscus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. List of North American Land Mammals in the United States National Museum, 1911 by Gerrit Smith Miller, United States National Museum (1912)
"*Eptesicus fuscus osceola Rhoads. 1902. Eptesicus fuscus osceola, RHOADS, Proc. ... Costa Rica, Guatemala, and southern Mexico. t*Eptesicus fuscus palh'dus ..."

2. The Mammals of Pennsylvania and New Jersey: A Biographic, Historic and by Samuel Nicholson Rhoads (1903)
"Genus Eptesicus* Rafinesque, Annals of Nature, Phila., 182o, p. 2. Northeastern Large Brown Bat; House Bat. Eptesicus fuscus (Beauvois). 1796. ..."

3. Biodiversity and the Management of the Madrean Archipelago: The Sky Islands edited by Leonard F. DeBano (1999)
"Capture records document individuals of Lasionycteris noctivagans, Eptesicus fuscus, and Tadarida brasiliensis overwintering in the Sky Islands, ..."

4. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences by California Academy of Sciences (1919)
"Geographically, however, it should be referable to quercinus, unless it represents a wandering example of the more northerly race. Eptesicus fuscus fuscus ..."

5. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 4th Series by California academy of sciences (1919)
"Geographically, however, it should be referable to quercinus, unless it represents a wandering example of the more northerly race. Eptesicus fuscus fuscus ..."

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