big brown bat
noun
: an insectivorous medium-sized bat (Eptesicus fuscus) having brownish fur that is found from southern Canada to northern South America and that often roosts in buildings
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Little brown bat populations declined 89%, big brown bats dropped 47%, and Indiana bats saw the smallest effects dropping 15%.
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Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 1 Mar. 2024
The majority of bat species live more than three times longer than other small mammals, with the big brown bat living for nearly 20 years in the wild, while one bat in Siberia was even found to have lived to 41.
—Juergen Eckhardt, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2024
Advertisement The findings, published in the journal Biological Conservation, identified major threats to over 1,000 species including iconic and threatened bald eagles, brown pelicans, big brown bats and common loons.
—Louis Sahagún, Los Angeles Times, 10 Dec. 2023
For example, of the six species most affected by WNS include the big brown, little brown, northern long-eared, tricolored, eastern small-footed, and Indiana bats, all, except the big brown bat, are listed as endangered under the Connecticut Endangered Species Act.
—Staff, Hartford Courant, 25 Oct. 2022
In the first study, published in December, a team of scientists from the USGS, the University of Wisconsin, and Louisiana State University found that the big brown bat (Epstesicus fuscus), one of the most common in the United States, was resistant to infection by the virus.
—Eric Niiler, Wired, 1 July 2021
Even a notable exception, the big brown bat, has seen a 30 percent decline — a serious problem, but not when compared to the types of bat that have seen two or three times that decline.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 10 Sep. 2022
The state's two most-common bat species are the little brown bat and the big brown bat.
—Allen Kim, CNN, 26 May 2020
These species include big brown bat, silver-haired bat, eastern red bat, hoary bat, evening bat and eastern myotis.
—Sheryl Devore, Lake County News-Sun, 23 Apr. 2018
Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 1 Mar. 2024
The majority of bat species live more than three times longer than other small mammals, with the big brown bat living for nearly 20 years in the wild, while one bat in Siberia was even found to have lived to 41.
—Juergen Eckhardt, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2024
Advertisement The findings, published in the journal Biological Conservation, identified major threats to over 1,000 species including iconic and threatened bald eagles, brown pelicans, big brown bats and common loons.
—Louis Sahagún, Los Angeles Times, 10 Dec. 2023
For example, of the six species most affected by WNS include the big brown, little brown, northern long-eared, tricolored, eastern small-footed, and Indiana bats, all, except the big brown bat, are listed as endangered under the Connecticut Endangered Species Act.
—Staff, Hartford Courant, 25 Oct. 2022
In the first study, published in December, a team of scientists from the USGS, the University of Wisconsin, and Louisiana State University found that the big brown bat (Epstesicus fuscus), one of the most common in the United States, was resistant to infection by the virus.
—Eric Niiler, Wired, 1 July 2021
Even a notable exception, the big brown bat, has seen a 30 percent decline — a serious problem, but not when compared to the types of bat that have seen two or three times that decline.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 10 Sep. 2022
The state's two most-common bat species are the little brown bat and the big brown bat.
—Allen Kim, CNN, 26 May 2020
These species include big brown bat, silver-haired bat, eastern red bat, hoary bat, evening bat and eastern myotis.
—Sheryl Devore, Lake County News-Sun, 23 Apr. 2018
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