Big Brown Bat vs Few-Ribbed Sedge

Eptesicus fuscus compared with Carex lenticularis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Big Brown Bat	Few-Ribbed Sedge
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Chiroptera (Bats)	Poales (Grasses)
Family	Vespertilionidae	Cyperaceae
Genus	Eptesicus	Carex
Species	Eptesicus fuscus	Carex lenticularis

Conservation Status

Big Brown Bat

LC — Least Concern

Few-Ribbed Sedge

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Big Brown Bat	Few-Ribbed Sedge
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Big Brown Bat

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Colombia, Ecuador, United States, and Venezuela.

Few-Ribbed Sedge

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Distributed across Canada, France, Norway, and United States.

Big Brown Bat

The Big Brown Bat (Eptesicus fuscus) is a species in the genus Eptesicus. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.