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John MacGregor (Land Between the Lakes KY/TN), PDM-owner, via Wikimedia Commons / https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6c/Big_brown_bat_crawl…

IMAGE INFORMATION

Brown Bat

Object Status:

Unlocated

Accession Date:

By 1796

Primary Source Reference:

A Scientific and Descriptive Catalogue of Peale's Museum (Philadelphia, 1796), p. 14

Additional Source Text:

"This is the most common species in the neighbourhood of Philadelphia."

Notes:

This specimen, first described in this source, is the type specimen for this species.

Specimen Type:

Dead/preserved

Peale's Common Name:

Brown Bat

Peale's Scientific Name:

Vespertila fuscus

Current Common Name:

Big brown bat

Current Scientific Name

Eptesicus fuscus