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Big brown bat

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The big brown bat (Eptesicus fuscus) is a widespread species of bat found throughout North America, Central America, the Caribbean, and extreme northern South America. [1]

90 relations: Americas, Animal, Antibody, Argentine brown bat, Ataxia, Author citation (zoology), Barbados, Bat, Bats of Canada, Bats of the United States, Beetle, Blattodea, Botta's serotine, Boulder, Colorado, Brazilian brown bat, British Columbia, Caddisfly, Caribbean, Charles Willson Peale, Chordate, Constanza, Dominican Republic, Cuba, Diabrotica, Diminutive serotine, Dominica, Embryo, Eptesicus, Fly, Generalist and specialist species, Gerrit Smith Miller, Greater Antilles, Ground beetle, Harmless serotine, Hemiptera, Hispaniola, Immunity (medical), Incubation period, Insectivore, Interfemoral membrane, International Union for Conservation of Nature, Isla de la Juventud, Joel Asaph Allen, Lagos serotine, Latin, Leafhopper, Least-concern species, Lepidoptera, Lesser Antilles, Little black serotine, Long-tailed house bat, ..., Mammal, Maricao, Puerto Rico, Maternity colony (bats), Mayfly, Mecoptera, Meridional serotine, Microbat, Montego Bay, Morphology (biology), Nassau, Bahamas, Neuroptera, Nocturnality, Oldfield Thomas, Palisot de Beauvois, Paresis, Patagium, Paul Gervais, Pentatomidae, Philadelphia, Plecoptera, Pleistocene, Pseudogymnoascus destructans, Public health, Rabies, San Bernardino, California, Scarabaeidae, Serotine bat, Sierra de la Laguna, Snout, Sombre bat, Species description, Specific name (zoology), Storm drain, Tarpon Springs, Florida, The Bahamas, Torpor, Veracruz, Vesper bat, Viral shedding, White-nose syndrome. Expand index (40 more) »

Americas

The Americas (also collectively called America)"America." The Oxford Companion to the English Language.

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Animal

Animals are multicellular eukaryotic organisms that form the biological kingdom Animalia.

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Antibody

An antibody (Ab), also known as an immunoglobulin (Ig), is a large, Y-shaped protein produced mainly by plasma cells that is used by the immune system to neutralize pathogens such as pathogenic bacteria and viruses.

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Argentine brown bat

The Argentine brown bat (Eptesicus furinalis), is a bat species from South and Central America.

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Ataxia

Ataxia is a neurological sign consisting of lack of voluntary coordination of muscle movements that includes gait abnormality.

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Author citation (zoology)

In zoological nomenclature, author citation refers to listing the person (or team) who first makes a scientific name of a taxon available.

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Barbados

Barbados is an island country in the Lesser Antilles of the West Indies, in the Caribbean region of North America.

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Bat

Bats are mammals of the order Chiroptera; with their forelimbs adapted as wings, they are the only mammals naturally capable of true and sustained flight.

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Bats of Canada

There are eighteen indigenous species of bats in Canada, which are found in many parts of the country.

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Bats of the United States

Most of the many bat species found in the United States are insectivorous except for three flower eating species that migrate from Mexico.

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Beetle

Beetles are a group of insects that form the order Coleoptera, in the superorder Endopterygota.

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Blattodea

Blattodea is an order of insects that contains cockroaches and termites.

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Botta's serotine

Botta's serotine (Eptesicus bottae) is a species of vesper bat, one for 25 in the genus Eptesicus.

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Boulder, Colorado

Boulder is the home rule municipality that is the county seat and the most populous municipality of Boulder County, and the 11th most populous municipality in the U.S. state of Colorado.

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Brazilian brown bat

The Brazilian brown bat (Eptesicus brasiliensis), is a bat species from South and Central America.

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British Columbia

British Columbia (BC; Colombie-Britannique) is the westernmost province of Canada, located between the Pacific Ocean and the Rocky Mountains.

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Caddisfly

The caddisflies, or order Trichoptera, are a group of insects with aquatic larvae and terrestrial adults.

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Caribbean

The Caribbean is a region that consists of the Caribbean Sea, its islands (some surrounded by the Caribbean Sea and some bordering both the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean) and the surrounding coasts.

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Charles Willson Peale

Charles Willson Peale (April 15, 1741February 22, 1827) was an American painter, soldier, scientist, inventor, politician and naturalist.

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Chordate

A chordate is an animal belonging to the phylum Chordata; chordates possess a notochord, a hollow dorsal nerve cord, pharyngeal slits, an endostyle, and a post-anal tail, for at least some period of their life cycle.

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Constanza, Dominican Republic

Constanza is a town and municipality in La Vega Province, Dominican Republic.

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Cuba

Cuba, officially the Republic of Cuba, is a country comprising the island of Cuba as well as Isla de la Juventud and several minor archipelagos.

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Diabrotica

Diabrotica is a widespread genus of beetles, sometimes referred to as cucumber beetles or corn rootworms, in the family Chrysomelidae.

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Diminutive serotine

The diminutive serotine (Eptesicus diminutus), is a bat species from South America.

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Dominica

Dominica (Island Carib), officially the Commonwealth of Dominica, is an island republic in the West Indies.

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Embryo

An embryo is an early stage of development of a multicellular diploid eukaryotic organism.

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Eptesicus

Eptesicus is a genus of bats, commonly called house bats, in the family Vespertilionidae.

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Fly

True flies are insects of the order Diptera, the name being derived from the Greek δι- di- "two", and πτερόν pteron "wings".

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Generalist and specialist species

A generalist species is able to thrive in a wide variety of environmental conditions and can make use of a variety of different resources (for example, a heterotroph with a varied diet).

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Gerrit Smith Miller

Gerrit Smith Miller Jr. (December 6, 1869 – February 24, 1956) was an American zoologist and botanist.

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Greater Antilles

The Greater Antilles is a grouping of the larger islands in the Caribbean Sea: Cuba, Hispaniola (containing Haiti and the Dominican Republic), Puerto Rico, Jamaica, and the Cayman Islands.

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Ground beetle

Ground beetles are a large, cosmopolitan family of beetles, Carabidae, with more than 40,000 species worldwide, around 2,000 of which are found in North America and 2,700 in Europe.

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Harmless serotine

The harmless serotine (Eptesicus innoxius) is a species of vesper bat.

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Hemiptera

The Hemiptera or true bugs are an order of insects comprising some 50,000 to 80,000 species of groups such as the cicadas, aphids, planthoppers, leafhoppers, and shield bugs.

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Hispaniola

Hispaniola (Spanish: La Española; Latin and French: Hispaniola; Haitian Creole: Ispayola; Taíno: Haiti) is an island in the Caribbean island group, the Greater Antilles.

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Immunity (medical)

In biology, immunity is the balanced state of multicellular organisms having adequate biological defenses to fight infection, disease, or other unwanted biological invasion, while having adequate tolerance to avoid allergy, and autoimmune diseases.

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Incubation period

Incubation period is the time elapsed between exposure to a pathogenic organism, a chemical, or radiation, and when symptoms and signs are first apparent.

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Insectivore

robber fly eating a hoverfly An insectivore is a carnivorous plant or animal that eats insects.

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Interfemoral membrane

The interfemoral membrane, or uropatagium, is the membrane that stretches between the legs of bats, pterosaurs and other animals like flying squirrels and colugos.

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International Union for Conservation of Nature

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN; officially International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources) is an international organization working in the field of nature conservation and sustainable use of natural resources.

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Isla de la Juventud

Isla de la Juventud (Isle of Youth) is the second-largest Cuban island and the seventh-largest island in the West Indies (after Cuba itself, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Trinidad, and Andros Island).

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Joel Asaph Allen

Joel Asaph Allen (July 19, 1838 – August 29, 1921) was an American zoologist, mammalogist and ornithologist.

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Lagos serotine

The Lagos serotine (Eptesicus platyops) is a species of vesper bat.

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Latin

Latin (Latin: lingua latīna) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages.

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Leafhopper

A leafhopper is the common name for any species from the family Cicadellidae.

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Least-concern species

A least concern (LC) species is a species which has been categorized by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) as evaluated but not qualified for any other category.

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Lepidoptera

Lepidoptera is an order of insects that includes butterflies and moths (both are called lepidopterans).

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Lesser Antilles

The Lesser Antilles are a group of islands in the Caribbean Sea.

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Little black serotine

The little black serotine (Eptesicus andinus) is a species of insectivorous vesper bat.

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Long-tailed house bat

The long-tailed house bat or long-tailed serotine bat (Eptesicus hottentotus) is a species of vesper bat found in Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

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Mammal

Mammals are the vertebrates within the class Mammalia (from Latin mamma "breast"), a clade of endothermic amniotes distinguished from reptiles (including birds) by the possession of a neocortex (a region of the brain), hair, three middle ear bones, and mammary glands.

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Maricao, Puerto Rico

Maricao is the second-least populous municipality of Puerto Rico (U.S.); it is located at the western edge of the Cordillera Central.

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Maternity colony (bats)

A maternity colony refers to a temporary association of reproductive female bats for giving birth to, nursing, and weaning their pups.

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Mayfly

Mayflies (also known as Canadian soldiers in the United States, and as shadflies or fishflies in Canada and the upper Midwestern U.S.; also up-winged flies in the United Kingdom) are aquatic insects belonging to the order Ephemeroptera.

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Mecoptera

Mecoptera (from the Greek: mecos.

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Meridional serotine

The meridional serotine (Eptesicus isabellinus) is a species of bat found in the Iberian Peninsula, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, and Libya.

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Microbat

The microbats constitute the suborder Microchiroptera within the order Chiroptera (bats).

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Montego Bay

Montego Bay is the capital of the parish of St. James and is also Jamaica's only other officially incorporated city, referred to as The Second City or more widely known as MoBay in local lingo and sometimes Bay by the locals.

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Morphology (biology)

Morphology is a branch of biology dealing with the study of the form and structure of organisms and their specific structural features.

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Nassau, Bahamas

Nassau is the capital and commercial centre of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas.

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Neuroptera

The insect order Neuroptera, or net-winged insects, includes the lacewings, mantidflies, antlions, and their relatives.

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Nocturnality

Nocturnality is an animal behavior characterized by being active during the night and sleeping during the day.

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Oldfield Thomas

Michael Rogers Oldfield Thomas FRS FZS (21 February 1858 – 16 June 1929) was a British zoologist.

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Palisot de Beauvois

Ambroise Marie François Joseph Palisot, Baron de Beauvois (27 July 1752, Arras – 21 January 1820, Paris) was a French naturalist.

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Paresis

Paresis is a condition typified by a weakness of voluntary movement, or partial loss of voluntary movement or by impaired movement.

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Patagium

The patagium (plural: patagia) is a membranous structure that assists an animal in gliding or flight.

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Paul Gervais

Paul Gervais full name François Louis Paul Gervaise (26 September 1816 – 10 February 1879) was a French palaeontologist and entomologist.

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Pentatomidae

Pentatomidae are a family of insects belonging to the order Hemiptera, which are generally called stink bugs or shield bugs (members of the sister family Acanthosomatidae are also called "shield bugs").

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Philadelphia

Philadelphia is the largest city in the U.S. state and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and the sixth-most populous U.S. city, with a 2017 census-estimated population of 1,580,863.

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Plecoptera

The Plecoptera are an order of insects, commonly known as stoneflies.

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Pleistocene

The Pleistocene (often colloquially referred to as the Ice Age) is the geological epoch which lasted from about 2,588,000 to 11,700 years ago, spanning the world's most recent period of repeated glaciations.

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Pseudogymnoascus destructans

Pseudogymnoascus destructans (formerly known as Geomyces destructans) is a psychrophilic (cold-loving) fungus that causes white-nose syndrome (WNS), a fatal disease that has devastated bat populations in parts of the United States and Canada.

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Public health

Public health is "the science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting human health through organized efforts and informed choices of society, organizations, public and private, communities and individuals".

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Rabies

Rabies is a viral disease that causes inflammation of the brain in humans and other mammals.

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San Bernardino, California

San Bernardino is a city located in the Riverside–San Bernardino metropolitan area (sometimes called the "Inland Empire").

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Scarabaeidae

The family Scarabaeidae as currently defined consists of over 30,000 species of beetles worldwide, often called scarabs or scarab beetles.

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Serotine bat

The serotine bat (Eptesicus serotinus), also known as the common serotine bat, big brown bat, or silky bat, is a fairly large Eurasian bat with quite large ears.

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Sierra de la Laguna

The Sierra de la Laguna is a mountain range at the southern end of the Baja California Peninsula in Mexico, and is the southernmost range of the Peninsular Ranges System.

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Snout

A snout is the protruding portion of an animal's face, consisting of its nose, mouth, and jaw.

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Sombre bat

The sombre bat (Eptesicus tatei) is a species of vesper bat.

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Species description

A species description is a formal description of a newly discovered species, usually in the form of a scientific paper.

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Specific name (zoology)

In zoological nomenclature, the specific name (also specific epithet or species epithet) is the second part (the second name) within the scientific name of a species (a binomen).

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Storm drain

A storm drain, storm sewer (U.S. and Canada), surface water drain/sewer (United Kingdom), or stormwater drain (Australia and New Zealand) is designed to drain excess rain and ground water from impervious surfaces such as paved streets, car parks, parking lots, footpaths, sidewalks, and roofs.

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Tarpon Springs, Florida

Tarpon Springs is a city in Pinellas County, Florida, United States.

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The Bahamas

The Bahamas, known officially as the Commonwealth of The Bahamas, is an archipelagic state within the Lucayan Archipelago.

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Torpor

Torpor is a state of decreased physiological activity in an animal, usually by a reduced body temperature and metabolic rate.

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Veracruz

Veracruz, formally Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave,In isolation, Veracruz, de and Llave are pronounced, respectively,, and.

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Vesper bat

Vesper bats (family Vespertilionidae), also known as evening bats or common bats, are the largest and most-studied family of bats.

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Viral shedding

Viral shedding refers to the expulsion and release of virus progeny following successful reproduction during a host-cell infection.

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White-nose syndrome

White-nose syndrome (WNS) is an emerging disease in North American bats which by 2012 was associated with at least 5–7 million bat deaths.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_brown_bat

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