Eptesicus brasiliensis

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Conservation Actions

Bibliography

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	MAMMALIA	CHIROPTERA	VESPERTILIONIDAE

Scientific Name:

Eptesicus brasiliensis

Species Authority:

(Desmarest, 1819)

Common Name/s:

English

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Brazilian Brown Bat

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Least Concern ver 3.1
Year Published:	2008
Assessor/s:	Barquez, R., Perez, S., Miller, B. & Diaz, M.
Reviewer/s:	Medellín, R. (Chiroptera Red List Authority) & Schipper, J. (Global Mammal Assessment Team)
Contributor/s:
Justification: This species is listed as Least Concern in because of its wide distribution, presumed large population, occurrence in a number of protected areas, tolerance to some degree of habitat modification, and because it is unlikely to be declining at nearly the rate required to qualify for listing in a threatened category.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	Veracruz (Mexico) south to Northern Argentina, Paraguay; Trinidad and Tobago (Simmons 2005). It does not occurs in western Mexico (Arroyo-Cabralles pers. comm.).
Countries:	Native: Argentina; Brazil; Colombia; Costa Rica; Ecuador; Guatemala; Mexico; Panama; Peru; Trinidad and Tobago
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Population [top]

Population:	Uncommon in Mexico. Fairly locally common in Costa Rica. May be a species complex (Barquez - pers. comm.).
Population Trend:	Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	Mountain forests (Perez pers. comm.). Roosts in houses and hollow trees (Reid pers. comm.)
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	No threats throughout its range.

Major Threat(s):

No threats throughout its range.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	It is found in protected areas. Needs taxonomic review.

Conservation Actions:

It is found in protected areas. Needs taxonomic review.

Bibliography [top]

	Simmons, N. B. 2005. Order Chiroptera. In: D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder (eds), Mammal Species of the World, pp. 312-529. The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, MD, USA.

Simmons, N. B. 2005. Order Chiroptera. In: D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder (eds), Mammal Species of the World, pp. 312-529. The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, MD, USA.

Citation:	Barquez, R., Perez, S., Miller, B. & Diaz, M. 2008. Eptesicus brasiliensis. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 22 May 2013.
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