Sombre bat
Eptesicus tatei Ellerman & Morrison-Scott, 1951
The sombre bat (Eptesicus tatei) is a species in the family Vespertilionidae, order Chiroptera. Recorded adults weigh 11.4 g to 13.7 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Data Deficient.
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Quick facts about the sombre bat
- Weight
- 11.4 g – 13.7 gsrc for Weight
- Length
- Not recorded
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Invertivoresrc for Diet
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- Not recorded
- Young per litter or clutch
- Not recorded
- Active
- At night (nocturnal)src for Active
- Lifestyle
- Aerialsrc for Lifestyle
- Conservation status
- Data Deficient (IUCN)src for Conservation status
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
Where does the sombre bat live?
Not recorded
What is the sombre bat?
The sombre bat (Eptesicus tatei) is a species of vesper bat. It is found only in India. Its natural habitat is subtropical and tropical moist montane forests.
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Is the sombre bat endangered?
The sombre bat is listed as Data Deficient on the IUCN Red List: it has too little data for its risk to be assessed.
Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Data Deficient species.
How is the sombre bat classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classMammalia
- orderChiroptera
- familyVespertilionidae
- genusEptesicus
- SpeciesEptesicus tatei Ellerman & Morrison-Scott, 1951
Synonyms Cnephaeus tatei, Nycticeius atratus
Other names and names in other languages (1)
- Sombre serotineEnglish
Relatives of the sombre 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
Argentine brown bat
Eptesicus furinalis
CompareSombre bat vs Serotine batSombre bat vs Northern batSombre bat vs Big brown batSombre bat vs Botta's serotine
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the sombre bat?
An adult sombre bat weighs 11.4 g – 13.7 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Is the sombre bat endangered?
The sombre bat is listed as Data Deficient on the IUCN Red List, meaning it has too little data for its risk to be assessed.
What kind of animal is the sombre bat?
The sombre bat (Eptesicus tatei) 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 - 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
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