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--> ORDER CHIROPTERA
--> FAMILY Vespertilionidae
--> SUBFAMILY Vespertilioninae
--> TRIBE Eptesicini
--> GENUS Eptesicus
--> SUBGENUS Eptesicus
SPECIES Eptesicus (Eptesicus) furinalis
Author: | d'Orbigny, 1847. | Citation: | Voy. Am. Merid., Atlas Zool., 4: 13. | Common Name: | Argentinian Brown Bat | Type Locality: | Argentina, Corrientes. | Distribution: | N Argentina, Paraguay, Bolivia, Brazil, and the Guianas east to Peru and north to Jalisco and Tamaulipas (Mexico). | Status: | IUCN 2003 and IUCN/SSC Action Plan (2001) – Lower Risk (lc). | Comments: | Subgenus Eptesicus. Reviewed by Williams (1978c). Apparently includes dorianus, but questions still remain about identity of the holotype; see Williams (1978c). Does not include chiralensis and montosus; see Simmons and Voss (1998). |
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