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- Kingdom - Animals - Animalia
  - Phylum - Vertebrates - Craniata
    - Class - Mammals - Mammalia
      - Order - Bats - Chiroptera
        
        Family - Bats - Vespertilionidae
        
        Species - Big Brown Bat - Eptesicus fuscus

Big Brown Bat - Eptesicus fuscus

Global Rank: G5
State Rank: S4

Agency Status
USFWS: none
USFS: none
BLM: none
CFWCS Tier: 2

General Description

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General Distribution

Montana Range

Western Hemisphere Range

Summary of Observations Submitted for Montana

Number of Observations: 481

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Relative Density

Recency

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Migration

No available information

Habitat

No available information

Food Habits

Stomach contents analysis of 29 specimens from Carter County yielded a variety of insects including: Cleoptera, Diptera, Hemiptera, Lepidoptera, Homoptera, Hymenoptera, Neuroptera, Odoncata, and Trichoptera. Evidence suggests that beetles were trimmed of hard body parts prior to consumption.

Ecology

No available information

Reproductive Characteristics

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Citations & Sources

Foresman, K.R. 2001. The wild mammals of Montana. Special Publication No. 12. American Society of Mammalogists

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Citation for data on this website:
Big Brown Bat — Eptesicus fuscus. Montana Field Guide. Retrieved on February 9, 2010, from http://FieldGuide.mt.gov/detail_AMACC04010.aspx