Eptesicus (Eptesicus) brasiliensis (Desmarest 1819)

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Chiroptera - Family Vespertilionidae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 451-529 : 453

Eptesicus (Eptesicus) brasiliensis (Desmarest 1819)

[Vespertilio] brasiliensis Desmarest 1819 , Nouv. Dict. Hist. Nat., Nouv. ed., Vol. 35: 478.

Type Locality: Brazil, Goias (restricted by Cabrera, 1957).

Vernacular Names: Brazilian Brown Bat.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Eptesicus (Eptesicus) brasiliensis subsp. brasiliensis Desmarest 1819

Subspecies Eptesicus (Eptesicus) brasiliensis subsp. argentinus Thomas 1920

Subspecies Eptesicus (Eptesicus) brasiliensis subsp. melanopterus Jentink 1904

Subspecies Eptesicus (Eptesicus) brasiliensis subsp. thomasi Davis 1966

Distribution: Veracruz ( Mexico) south to N Argentina, Paraguay, and Uruguay; Trinidad and Tobago.

Conservation: IUCN 2003 and IUCN / SSC Action Plan (2001) – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Subgenus Eptesicus . Does not include andinus , chiriquinus , inca , or montosus ; see Davis (1966) and Simmons and Voss (1998). Davis (1966) suggested that the holotype of hilarii may be referable to fuscus , but retained it in brasiliensis pending more comparisons. See Williams (1978 c) for discussion of hilarii and melanopterus. Subspecies were delimited by Davis (1966), but additional specimens collected subsequently have made subspecies limits somewhat unclear.