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 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.
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).