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title: "Argentine Serotine"
description: "Neoeptesicus furinalis — Mammals. The Argentine brown bat (Eptesicus furinalis) is a bat species from South and Central America."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/argentine-serotine
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Argentine Serotine

> Neoeptesicus furinalis — Mammals. The Argentine brown bat (Eptesicus furinalis) is a bat species from South and Central America.

- Scientific name: *Neoeptesicus furinalis*
- Category: `mammals` (Mammals)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 222
- iNaturalist taxon: [1596121](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1596121)

## Names

- en: Argentine Serotine
- de: Argentinische Braune Breitflügelfledermaus
- es: Murciélago pardo común
- fr: Sérotine tropicale

## Countries with the most observations

MX (42), AR (17), GF (12), UY (9), CR (5), BR (4)

## Summary

The Argentine brown bat (Eptesicus furinalis) is a bat species from South and Central America.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argentine_brown_bat

## Photo

![Argentine Serotine](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/argentine-serotine/medium.jpg)

Photo: Carlos Henrique Russi · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/94701889

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/argentine-serotine?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).