Vespertilionidae

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Animalia Chordata Mammalia Chiroptera Vespertilionidae
Northern Hoary Bat

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Particoloured Bat

Vespertilio murinus Linnaeus, 1758

Vespertilio murinus, the parti-coloured bat, is a two-toned bat found in Europe and Asia.

Cape serotine

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

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

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

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

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

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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