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Eptesicus fuscus
Big Brown Bat
Apostle Islands National Lakeshore
			Record Status: Approved
Occurrence:	Present
Nativeness:	Native
Abundance:	Unknown

Scientific Name with Authority:		Eptesicus fuscus (Palisot de Beauvois, 1796)
Park Preferred Common Name(s):
Park Synonyms:

Taxonomic Hierarchy:		Kingdom Animalia, Phylum Chordata, Subphylum Vertebrata, Subclass Theria, Order Chiroptera, Suborder Yangochiroptera, Family Vespertilionidae, Genus Eptesicus, Species Eptesicus fuscus


Park Tags:
ParkTag -


Threatened/Endangered Status:		SC
State Species of Concern Status:		WI: THR
Ozone-sensitive Status:
NatureServe Global Rank:		G5
NatureServe State Rank:		WI: S2S4
Evidence:		0 Observations, 0 Vouchers, 3 Data Store References, 0 External Links


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Antietam National Battlefield	Arches National Park
Arkansas Post National Memorial	Assateague Island National Seashore
Aztec Ruins National Monument	Badlands National Park
Bandelier National Monument	Big Bend National Park
Big Cypress National Preserve	Big Hole National Battlefield
Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area	Big Thicket National Preserve
Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area	Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park
Blue Ridge Parkway	Bluestone National Scenic River
Bryce Canyon National Park	Buffalo National River
Cabrillo National Monument	Canyon De Chelly National Monument
Canyonlands National Park	Cape Cod National Seashore
Capitol Reef National Park	Capulin Volcano National Monument
Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site	Carlsbad Caverns National Park
Catoctin Mountain Park	Cedar Breaks National Monument
Chaco Culture National Historical Park	Channel Islands National Park
Charles Pinckney National Historic Site	Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park	Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park
Chiricahua National Monument	City Of Rocks National Reserve
Colonial National Historical Park	Colorado National Monument
Congaree National Park	Coronado National Memorial
Cowpens National Battlefield	Crater Lake National Park
Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve	Cumberland Gap National Historical Park
Cumberland Island National Seashore	Curecanti National Recreation Area
Cuyahoga Valley National Park	Death Valley National Park
Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area	Devils Postpile National Monument
Devils Tower National Monument	Dinosaur National Monument
Ebey's Landing National Historical Reserve	Effigy Mounds National Monument
Eisenhower National Historic Site	El Malpais National Monument
El Morro National Monument	Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument
Fort Bowie National Historic Site	Fort Donelson National Battlefield
Fort Laramie National Historic Site	Fort Larned National Historic Site
Fort Matanzas National Monument	Fort Necessity National Battlefield
Fort Pulaski National Monument	Fort Sumter National Historical Park
Fort Union National Monument	Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site
Fort Vancouver National Historic Site	Fort Washington Park
Fossil Butte National Monument	Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania County Battlefields Memorial National Military Park
Friendship Hill National Historic Site	Gateway National Recreation Area
Gauley River National Recreation Area	George Washington Carver National Monument
George Washington Memorial Parkway	Gettysburg National Military Park
Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument	Glacier National Park
Glen Canyon National Recreation Area	Golden Gate National Recreation Area
Golden Spike National Historical Park	Grand Canyon National Park
Grand Portage National Monument	Grand Teton National Park
Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site	Great Basin National Park
Great Falls Park	Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve
Great Smoky Mountains National Park	Greenbelt Park
Guadalupe Mountains National Park	Guilford Courthouse National Military Park
Gulf Islands National Seashore	Harpers Ferry National Historical Park
Herbert Hoover National Historic Site	Homestead National Historical Park
Hopewell Culture National Historical Park	Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site
Hot Springs National Park	Hovenweep National Monument
Hubbell Trading Post National Historic Site	Indiana Dunes National Park
Isle Royale National Park	Jewel Cave National Monument
John Day Fossil Beds National Monument	John Muir National Historic Site
Johnstown Flood National Memorial	Joshua Tree National Park
Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument	Kenilworth Park and Aquatic Gardens
Kings Mountain National Military Park	Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site
Lake Mead National Recreation Area	Lake Meredith National Recreation Area
Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area	Lava Beds National Monument
Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial	Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument
Little River Canyon National Preserve	Mammoth Cave National Park
Manassas National Battlefield Park	Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park
Mesa Verde National Park	Minidoka National Historic Site
Minute Man National Historical Park	Mississippi National River and Recreation Areas
Missouri National Recreational River	Mojave National Preserve
Monocacy National Battlefield	Montezuma Castle National Monument
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Natchez Trace Parkway	National Capital Parks
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Theodore Roosevelt National Park	Timpanogos Cave National Monument
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Tuzigoot National Monument	Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River
Valles Caldera National Preserve	Valley Forge National Historical Park
Vicksburg National Military Park	Voyageurs National Park
Walnut Canyon National Monument	Whiskeytown National Recreation Area
White Sands National Park	Whitman Mission National Historic Site
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Last Modified Date:	8/3/2005

NPSpecies - The National Park Service biodiversity database. IRMA Portal version.https://irma.nps.gov/npspecies. Accessed 12/29/2025 5:47:54 PM

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