Brown bat
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Brown bat refers to any species of bat
belonging to either of the following genera
:
Bat
Bats are mammals of the order Chiroptera "hand" and pteron "wing") whose forelimbs form webbed wings, making them the only mammals naturally capable of true and sustained flight. By contrast, other mammals said to fly, such as flying squirrels, gliding possums, and colugos, glide rather than fly,...
belonging to either of the following genera
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
:
- Myotis, see Little brown batLittle brown batThe little brown bat is a species of the genus Myotis , one of the most common bats of North America...
or - EptesicusEptesicusEptesicus is a genus of bats, commonly called house bats, in the family Vespertilionidae.The 25 species within this genus are:*Little black serotine *Bobrinski's Serotine...
or Big Brown Bats