Vespertilionidae
Northern Hoary Bat
Aeorestes cinereus (Palisot de Beauvois, 1796)
Aeorestes cinereus, the hoary bat, is a North American bat with documented debate over its presence in Hawaii.
Southern Yellow Bat
Dasypterus ega (Gervais, 1856)
Dasypterus ega, the southern yellow bat, is a small insect-eating yellow bat ranging from the southwestern US to southern South America.
Northern Yellow Bat
Dasypterus intermedius (H.Allen, 1862)
Dasypterus intermedius, the northern yellow bat, is a bat species found across southeastern North America and Central America.
Western Yellow Bat
Dasypterus xanthinus Thomas, 1897
Dasypterus xanthinus (western yellow bat) is a small yellow-furred bat found in the southwestern US and Mexico.
Seminole Bat
Lasiurus seminolus (Rhoads, 1895)
Lasiurus seminolus, the Seminole bat, is a migratory bat species native to the southeastern United States and Mexico.
Eastern Red Bat
Lasiurus borealis (Müller, 1776)
Lasiurus borealis, the eastern red bat, is a medium-sized insectivorous bat found across eastern North America.
Western red bat
Lasiurus frantzii (Peters, 1871)
Lasiurus frantzii is a migratory solitary microbat found across western North America and Central America.
Southern red bat
Lasiurus blossevillii (Lesson & Garnot, 1826)
Lasiurus blossevillii, the southern red bat, is a South American microbat recorded across 14 South American countries and the Galápagos Islands.
Yucatán Yellow Bat
Rhogeessa aenea Goodwin, 1958
Rhogeessa aenea, the Yucatan yellow bat, is a small insectivorous bat found primarily in Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula.
Pallid Bat
Antrozous pallidus (LeConte, 1856)
Antrozous pallidus, the pallid bat, is a large heterothermic bat resistant to Arizona bark scorpion venom that lives in North American arid habitats.
Evening Bat
Nycticeius humeralis (Rafinesque, 1818)
Nycticeius humeralis, the evening bat, is a small insectivorous bat native to midwestern and eastern United States.
Grey Long-eared Bat
Plecotus austriacus (J.Fischer, 1829)
Plecotus austriacus, the grey long-eared bat, is a fairly large fairly large European near-threatened bat with distinctive long ears.
Brown Big-eared Bat
Plecotus auritus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Plecotus auritus, the brown long-eared bat, is a small Eurasian insectivorous bat with distinctive long ears.
Ognev's Long-eared Bat
Plecotus ognevi Kishida, 1927
Ognev's long-eared bat (Plecotus ognevi) is a bat species found across several countries in Asia, recognized as separate in 2006.
Western Barbastelle
Barbastella barbastellus (Schreber, 1774)
Barbastella barbastellus is a rare, medium-sized European bat with characteristic pug nose and joined broad ears.
Rafinesque's Big-eared Bat
Corynorhinus rafinesquii (Lesson, 1827)
This is a description of the medium-sized club-nosed bat Rafinesque's big-eared bat, Corynorhinus rafinesquii.
Townsend's Big-eared Bat
Corynorhinus townsendii (Cooper, 1837)
Corynorhinus townsendii, Townsend's big-eared bat, is a medium-sized bat found across North America with distinct long ears.
Particoloured Bat
Vespertilio murinus Linnaeus, 1758
Vespertilio murinus, the parti-coloured bat, is a two-toned bat found in Europe and Asia.
Cape serotine
Laephotis capensis (A.Smith, 1829)
The Cape serotine is a small vesper bat species native to Sub-Saharan Africa that eats flying insects and may carry viruses.
Gould's Wattled Bat
Chalinolobus gouldii (Gray, 1841)
Chalinolobus gouldii is the largest Chalinolobus bat found across Australia and nearby Pacific islands, often producing twin offspring.
New Zealand Long-tailed Bat
Chalinolobus tuberculatus (Forster, 1844)
Chalinolobus tuberculatus, the New Zealand long-tailed bat, is a nationally critical endemic small mammal of New Zealand.
Lesser Long-eared Bat
Nyctophilus geoffroyi Leach, 1821
Nyctophilus geoffroyi, the lesser long-eared bat, is a widespread endemic Australian bat with distinct physical and reproductive traits.
Savi's Pipistrelle
Hypsugo savii (Bonaparte, 1837)
Savi's pipistrelle (Hypsugo savii) is a small bat with defined physical features and a known Eurasian and North African distribution.
Canyon Bat
Parastrellus hesperus (H.Allen, 1864)
Parastrellus hesperus is the smallest bat in the US, found in western US and Mexican deserts and lowlands, a solitary insectivorous species.
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