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Eptesicus fuscus (big brown bat)
Taxonomy
Vespertilio fuscus was named by Beauvois (1796). It is extant. It is the type species of Eptesicus.
It was recombined as Eptesicus fuscus by Hay (1930), Sherman (1952), Choate and Birney (1968), Kurten and Anderson (1980), Morgan (1994), Rabon et al. (2000) and Czaplewski et al. (2005).
It was recombined as Eptesicus fuscus by Hay (1930), Sherman (1952), Choate and Birney (1968), Kurten and Anderson (1980), Morgan (1994), Rabon et al. (2000) and Czaplewski et al. (2005).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1796 | Vespertilio fuscus Beauvois |
| 1902 | Vespertilio fuscus Hay p. 742 |
| 1908 | Vespertilio fuscus grandis Brown |
| 1930 | Eptesicus fuscus Hay p. 455 |
| 1952 | Eptesicus fuscus Sherman p. 88 |
| 1956 | Eptesicus grandis Handley, Jr. p. 254 |
| 1968 | Eptesicus fuscus Choate and Birney |
| 1980 | Eptesicus fuscus Kurten and Anderson p. 122 |
| 1994 | Eptesicus fuscus Morgan p. 489 |
| 2000 | Eptesicus fuscus Rabon et al. p. 59 |
| 2005 | Eptesicus fuscus Czaplewski et al. p. 776 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Eptesicus fuscus Beauvois 1796 [big brown bat]
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Invalid names: Eptesicus grandis Brown 1908 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available