Argentine brown bat
Eptesicus furinalis (d'Orbigny, 1847)
The argentine brown bat (Eptesicus furinalis) is a species in the family Vespertilionidae, order Chiroptera. Recorded adults weigh 7.7 g to 7.74 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.
Quick facts about the argentine brown bat
- Weight
- 7.74 gsrc for Weight
- Length
- Not recorded
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Invertivoresrc for Diet
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- Not recorded
- Gestation
- 92.5 dayssrc for Gestation
- Young per litter or clutch
- 1.86src for Young per litter or clutch
- Age at maturity
- 11.1 monthssrc for Age at maturity
- Litters or clutches a year
- 2src for Litters or clutches a year
- Active
- At night (nocturnal)src for Active
- Lifestyle
- Aerialsrc for Lifestyle
- Conservation status
- Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
Where does the argentine brown bat live?
Not recorded
What is the argentine brown bat?
The Argentine brown bat (Eptesicus furinalis) is a bat species from South and Central America.
From the Wikipedia article “Argentine brown bat” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Argentine_brown_bat&oldid=1313793107), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.
Is the argentine brown bat endangered?
The argentine brown bat is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.
- LCLeast Concern
- NTNear Threatened
- VUVulnerable
- ENEndangered
- CRCritically Endangered
- EWExtinct in the Wild
- EXExtinct
Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species. What the categories mean.
How is the argentine brown bat classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classMammalia
- orderChiroptera
- familyVespertilionidae
- genusEptesicus
- SpeciesEptesicus furinalis (d'Orbigny, 1847)
Synonyms Neoeptesicus furinalis
Other names and names in other languages (5)
- Argentine serotineEnglish
- Argentinian brown batEnglish
- Argentinian brown batEnglish
- Argentinian brown bat.English
- Sérotine tropicaleFrench
Relatives of the argentine brown bat
Other species in the same genus Eptesicus.
Serotine bat
Eptesicus serotinus
Northern bat
Eptesicus nilssonii
Big brown bat
Eptesicus fuscus
Botta's serotine
Eptesicus bottae
Gobi big brown bat
Eptesicus gobiensis
Brazilian brown bat
Eptesicus brasiliensis
CompareArgentine brown bat vs Serotine batArgentine brown bat vs Northern batArgentine brown bat vs Big brown batArgentine brown bat vs Botta's serotine
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the argentine brown bat?
An adult argentine brown bat weighs 7.74 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Is the argentine brown bat endangered?
The argentine brown bat is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.
How long is the argentine brown bat pregnant?
The recorded gestation period is 92.5 days.
What kind of animal is the argentine brown bat?
The argentine brown bat (Eptesicus furinalis) belongs to the family Vespertilionidae in the order Chiroptera.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.
- An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles · CC0 1.0 · E096-269
Myhrvold, N.P., Baldridge, E., Chan, B., Sivam, D., Freeman, D.L. & Ernest, S.K.M. (2015) An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96: 3109. https://doi.org/10.1890/15-0846R.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3563457.v1 - Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
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Wilman, H., Belmaker, J., Simpson, J., de la Rosa, C., Rivadeneira, M.M. & Jetz, W. (2014) EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95: 2027. https://doi.org/10.1890/13-1917.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3559887.v1 - Wikidata · CC0 1.0 · 2026-11-11
Wikidata contributors. Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org (data retrieved via the Wikidata Query Service). - Wikipedia (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 2026-11-11
Wikipedia contributors. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. https://en.wikipedia.org (text under CC BY-SA 4.0; each block names its article and revision).
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