单词 | serotine bat |
释义 | > as lemmasserotine bat A small brown bat belonging to the genus Eptesicus, esp. the European E. serotinus. Also attributive, as serotine bat. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > order Chiroptera or bat > [noun] > suborder Microchiroptera > family Vespertilionidae > miscellaneous types of New York bat1771 pipistrelle1771 serotine bat1771 barbastelle1791 nyctophilet1840 1771 T. Pennant Synopsis Quadrupeds 370 Serotine... Bat with a longish nose. 1800 G. Shaw Gen. Zool. I. 142 Great Serotine Bat. 1837 T. Bell Hist. Brit. Quadrupeds 34 The Serotine..was mistaken for the Noctule by Geoffroy. 1903 H. Johnston Brit. Mammals 86 It has been named the ‘serotine’ bat from its habit of only making its appearance late in the evening. 1910 G. E. H. Barrett-Hamilton Hist. Brit. Mammals 131 In the British Isles the Serotine is entirely confined to the south of England. 1934 G. C. Shortridge Mammals S.W. Afr. I. 62 On first appearing Serotine Bats usually fly backwards and forwards with comparative regularity. 1965 D. R. Rosevere Bats W. Afr. 246 The Serotine Bats are widespread throughout Africa, Europe, Asia, America and Australia. 1971 L. H. Matthews Life of Mammals II. iii. 104 The most familiar members of it [sc. the genus Eptesicus] are the big brown bat..of North America, and the Serotine..of Europe and Asia..and west Africa. < as lemmas |
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