Gobi serotine
Eptesicus gobiensis Bobrinskii, 1926
Status not recordedbats
The gobi serotine (Eptesicus gobiensis) is a species in the family Vespertilionidae, order Chiroptera. Recorded adults weigh about 13 g and live up to 15.5 years.
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Quick facts about the gobi serotine
- Weight
- 13 g
- Length
- Not recorded
- Lifespan
- 15.5 years
- Diet
- Invertivore
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- Not recorded
- Young per litter or clutch
- 1.25
- Active
- At night (nocturnal)
- Lifestyle
- Aerial
- Conservation status
- Not recorded
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
Where does the gobi serotine live?
Not recorded
Is the gobi serotine endangered?
No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.
How is the gobi serotine classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classMammalia
- orderChiroptera
- familyVespertilionidae
- genusEptesicus
- SpeciesEptesicus gobiensis Bobrinskii, 1926
Synonyms Cnephaeus gobiensis, Eptesicus centralasiaticus
Other names and names in other languages (1)
- Gobi big brown batEnglish
Relatives of the gobi serotine
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
Argentine serotine
Eptesicus furinalis
Brazilian serotine
Eptesicus brasiliensis
CompareGobi serotine vs Serotine batGobi serotine vs Northern batGobi serotine vs Big brown batGobi serotine vs Botta's serotine
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the gobi serotine?
An adult gobi serotine weighs 13 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
How long does the gobi serotine live?
The gobi serotine has a recorded lifespan of 15.5 years.
What kind of animal is the gobi serotine?
The gobi serotine (Eptesicus gobiensis) 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.
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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 - AmphiBIO, a global database for amphibian ecological traits · CC BY 4.0 · v1
Oliveira, B.F., São-Pedro, V.A., Santos-Barrera, G., Penone, C. & Costa, G.C. (2017) AmphiBIO, a global database for amphibian ecological traits. Scientific Data 4: 170123. https://doi.org/10.1038/sdata.2017.123. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.4644424.v5 - AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds · CC BY 4.0 · v7
Tobias, J.A. et al. (2022) AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds. Ecology Letters 25: 581–597. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13898. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.16586228.v7 - Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
Catalogue of Life (2026). Catalogue of Life eXtended Release, version 2026-10-16 XR. Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgzlf - Wikimedia Commons · per file (CC0 / public domain / CC BY green, CC BY-SA amber, anything else not displayed) · 2026-11-11
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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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