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Species Codes

Refer to this list to convert between the codes for species names, couplets, and groupings.

Species

Common name
Scientific name
Four-letter species code
Six-letter species code
Pallid bat
Antrozous pallidus
ANPA
ANTPAL
Jamaican fruit-eating bat
Artibeus jamaicensis
ARJA
ARTJAM
Antillean fruit-eating bat
Brachyphylla cavernarum
BRCA
BRACAV
Mexican long-tongued bat
Choeronycteris mexicana
CHME
CHOMEX
Rafinesque's big-eared bat
Corynorhinus rafinesquii
CORA
CORRAF
Townsend's big-eared bat
Corynorhinus townsendii
COTO
CORTOW
Ozark big-eared bat
Corynorhinus townsendii ingens
COTI
COTOIN
Virginia big-eared bat
Corynorhinus townsendii virginianus
COTV
COTOVI
Hairy-legged vampire bat
Diphylla ecaudata
DIEC
DIPECA
Big brown bat
Eptesicus fuscus
EPFU
EPTFUS
Spotted bat
Euderma maculatum
EUMA
EUDMAC
Florida bonneted bat
Eumops floridanus
EUFL
EUMFLO

Couplets and Groupings

Common names
Scientific names 
Label
Pallid bat, big brown bat
Antrozous pallidus, Eptesicus fuscus
ANPAEPFU  
Rafinesque's big-eared bat, Ozark big-eared bat
Corynorhinus rafinesquii, Corynorhinus townsendii ingens
CORACOTI
Rafinesque's big-eared bat, Townsend's big-eared bat
Corynorhinus rafinesquii, Corynorhinus townsendii
CORACOTO
Rafinesque's big-eared bat, Virginia big-eared bat
Corynorhinus rafinesquii, Corynorhinus townsendii virginianus
CORACOTV
Big brown bat, eastern red bat
Eptesicus fuscus, Lasiurus borealis
EPFULABO
Big brown bat, Hoary bat
Eptesicus fuscus, Lasiurus cinereus
EPFULACI
Big brown bat, silver-haired bat
Eptesicus fuscus, Lasionycteris noctivagans
EPFULANO
Big brown bat, Western yellow bat
Eptesicus fuscus, Lasiurus xanthinus
EPFULAXA
Big brown bat, little brown bat
Eptesicus fuscus, Myotis lucifugus
EPFUMYLU
Big brown bat, Evening bat
Eptesicus fuscus, Nycticeius humeralis
EPFUNYHU
Big brown bat, Brazilian free-tailed bat
Eptesicus fuscus, Tadarida brasiliensis
EPFUTABR
Spotted bat, Greater bonneted bat
Euderma maculatum, Eumops perotis
EUMAEUPE

Frequency Classes

Definition
Label
Various species with pulses that have a minim um frequency of approximately 15-25 kHz
25k
Various species with pulses that have a minimum frequency of approximately 35-45 kHz
40k
Various species of Myotis with pulses that have a minimum frequency of approximately 35-45 kHz
40kMyo
Myotis volans or other species of Myotis with pulses that have a minimum frequency of approximately 35-45 kHz.
40kmyomyvo
Various species with pulses that have a minimum frequency of approximately 50 kHz.
50k
Various species with pulses having a minimum frequency higher than ~30 kHz
HighF/HiF
Two or more bats from distinct frequency classes vocalizing simultaneously within a recording.
Hilo
Various species with pulses having a minimum frequency lower than ~30 kHz
LowF/LoF
Noise
NOISE
Not a bat
NOTBAT
Bat, but no grouping or user-defined category applies 
NoID
Various species with pulses having a minimum frequency lower than ~20 kHz.
lt20k
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