Vespertilionidae

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Animalia Chordata Mammalia Chiroptera Vespertilionidae
Cave Myotis

Cave Myotis

Myotis velifer (J.A.Allen, 1890)

Myotis velifer is a larger Myotis bat that lives in caves and other structures, with largest populations in southwest Kansas and Mexico.

Eastern Small-footed Myotis

Eastern Small-footed Myotis

Myotis leibii (Audubon & Bachman, 1842)

Myotis leibii, the eastern small-footed bat, is a small North American Myotis bat with distinct physical traits and specific habitat and reproduction patterns.

Gray Bat

Gray Bat

Myotis grisescens A.H.Howell, 1909

Myotis grisescens (gray bat) is a highly cave-dependent bat species native to the southeastern United States.

Long-eared Myotis

Long-eared Myotis

Myotis evotis (H.Allen, 1864)

Myotis evotis (long-eared myotis) is a North American bat with distinct coloration and specific roosting habitat preferences.

Western Small-footed Myotis

Western Small-footed Myotis

Myotis ciliolabrum (Merriam, 1886)

Myotis ciliolabrum, the western small-footed bat, is a small North American bat with distinctive small size and black facial markings.

Northern Myotis

Northern Myotis

Myotis septentrionalis (Trouessart, 1897)

Myotis septentrionalis, the northern long-eared bat, is a small forest bat found across North America.

pond bat

pond bat

Myotis dasycneme (Boie, 1825)

Myotis dasycneme, the pond bat, is a medium-sized Myotis bat with distinct physical traits and specific roosting and reproductive habits.

Bechstein's bat

Bechstein's bat

Myotis bechsteinii (Kuhl, 1817)

Myotis bechsteinii, Bechstein's bat, is a medium-sized forest-specialist bat found across Europe and western Asia.

Southern Myotis

Southern Myotis

Myotis macropus (Gould, 1854)

Myotis macropus is a large-footed Australian vesper fishing bat found primarily along Australia's east coast.

Daubenton's bat

Daubenton's bat

Myotis daubentonii (Kuhl, 1817)

Myotis daubentonii, Daubenton's bat, is a small-to-medium bat with a range from Europe to Japan and Korea, roosting near water.

Mouse-eared Bat

Mouse-eared Bat

Myotis myotis (Borkhausen, 1797)

Myotis myotis, the greater mouse-eared bat, is a large long-lived bat found across most of Europe and parts of the Middle East.

Lesser mouse-eared bat

Lesser mouse-eared bat

Myotis blythii (Tomes, 1857)

Myotis blythii, the lesser mouse-eared bat, is a large Myotis bat that closely resembles the greater mouse-eared bat and lives across Eurasia and South Asia.

Natterer's Bat

Natterer's Bat

Myotis nattereri (Kuhl, 1817)

Myotis nattereri, or Natterer's bat, is a medium-sized western Palaearctic bat with distinct identifying physical features.

Whiskered Bat

Whiskered Bat

Myotis mystacinus (Kuhl, 1817)

Myotis mystacinus, the whiskered bat, is a small insectivorous bat primarily found across Europe and northern Africa.

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