Eptesicus Rafinesque, 1820. Ann. Nature p. 2..
Eptesicus melanops Rafinesque, 1820 (=Vespertilio fuscus Palisot de Beauvois, 1796)
Eptesicus dutertreus (Gervais, 1837).
Ann. Sci. Nat., Zool. ser. 2, t. 8: 61.
Caribbean Brown Bat
Vespertilio dutertreus
bahamensis Miller, 1897
.dutertreus P. Gervais, 1837:
cubensis Gray, 1839.
guadeloupensis Genoways & Baker, 1975
.hispaniolae Miller, 1918
.lynni Shamel, 1945
.petersoni Silva Taboada, 1974
.wetmorei Jackson, 1916
.Cuba
Greater Antilles; Bahamas; Guadeloupe, Barbados, and Dominica (Lesser Antilles)
CITES - Not Listed (2023). IUCN - Least Concern (2016).
References:
Gervais, P. 1837. Note sur les Mammifères des Antilles. Annales des sciences naturelles (Zoologie; 2) 8: 60-62. Read article.
Mônico, P.I., and J.A. Soto-Centeno. 2024. Phylogenetic, morphological and niche differentiation unveil new species limits for the big brown bat (Eptesicus fuscus). Royal Society Open Science 11(): 231384. Read article.
Timm, R.M. and H.H. Genoways. 2003. West Indian mammals from the Albert Schwartz Collection: biological and historical information. Mammalogy Papers: University of Nebraska State Musuem 107: 1-47. Read article.
Yi, X., and E.K. Latch. 2022. Systematics of the New World bats Eptesicus and Histiotus suggest trans-marine dispersal followed by Neotropical cryptic diversification. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 175(2022): 107. Read abstract.
Eptesicus fuscus (Palisot de Beauvois, 1796).
Cat. Raisonne Mus. Peale Phil. p. 18.
Big Brown Bat
Previously included in fuscus, along with other Caribbean forms (bahamensis, guadeloupensis, hispaniolae, lynni, petersoni, and wetmorei); see Mônico and Soto-Centeno (2024) as well as supporting data in Yi and Latch (2022). Caribbean forms of fuscus were reviewed by Timm and Genoways (2003).