Bat SpeciesBat Species
Family Mormoopidae (mormoopid bats)
Ghost-faced Bat Mormoops
megalophylla
Family Phyllostomidae (leaf-nosed bats)
Mexican
Long-nosed Bat Leptonycteris nivalis
Mexican Long-tongued Bat
Choeronycteris mexicana
Hairy Legged Vampire Diphylla
ecaudata
Family Vespertilionidae (vespertilionid bats)
Big Brown
Bat Eptesicus fuscus
California
Myotis Myotis californicus
Cave
Myotis Myotis velifer
Eastern Pipistrelle Pipistrellus
subflavus
Eastern Red Bat Lasiurus
borealis
Evening
Bat Nycticeius humeralis
Fringed Myotis Myotis thysanodes
Hoary
Bat Lasiurus cinereus
Little Brown Myotis Myotis
lucifugus
Long-legged Myotis
Myotis volans
Northern Myotis Myotis septentrionalis
Northern Yellow Bat
Lasiurus intermedius
Pallid
Bat Antrozous pallidus
Rafinesque's
Big-eared Bat Plecotus
rafinesquii
Seminole Bat Lasiurus seminolus
Silver-haired Bat Lasionycteris
noctivagans
Southeastern Myotis Myotis
austroriparius
Southern
Yellow Bat Lasiurus ega
Spotted
Bat Euderma maculatum
Townsend's
Big-eared Bat Plecotus townsendii
Western
Pipistrelle Pipistrellus hesperus
Western Red Bat Lasiurus
blossevillii
Western
Small-footed Myotis Myotis ciliolabrum
Yuma Myotis Myotis
yumanensis
Family Molossidae (free-tailed bats)
Big
Free-tailed Bat Nyctinomops macrotis
Mexican (Brazilan) Free-tailed Bat
Tadarida brasilensis
Pocketed Free-tailed bat
Nyctinomops femorosacca
Western
Mastiff Bat Eumops perotis
Cave
Myotis Myotis velifer
California Leaf-nosed Bat Macrotus
californicus
Commerson's Leaf-nosed Bat
Hipposideros commersoni
Common Vampire Bat Desmodus
rotundus
Desert Red Bat Lasiurus
blossevillii
False Vampire Bat
Vampyrum spectrum
Fish-eating
Bat Noctilio leporinus
Funnel-eared
Bat Natalus stramineus
Great Mouse-tailed Bat
Rhinopoma microphyllum
Greater
Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus ferrumeouinum
Hollow-faced
Bat Nycteris tragata
Long-eared Myotis
Seychelles
Sheath-tailed Bat Coleura seychellensis
Short-tailed Bat Carollia
perspicillata
Short Tailed Leaf nosed Bat
Carollia perspicillata
Sucker-footed
Bat Myzopoda aurita
Sucker-footed
Bat Myzopoda schliemanni *New Discovery*
Families
Craseonycteridae
bumblee bat and hog-nosed bat
Free-tailed Bats
sixteen genera and eighty five species
Funnel Eared Bats
The family Natalidae is composed of a single genus with five species.
Funnel-eared bats are some of the smallest bats in the world.
Horseshoe Bat
A large family of bats including approximately 130 species grouped in 10 genera.
Leaf-nosed Bat: New World
148 species in 48 genera
Mouse-tailed Bat
Moustached Bat
Old
World Fruit Bat
170 Species
Short-tailed
Bat
Mystacinidae
Smoky
Bat
Sucker-footed Bat: New World
Sucker-footed
Bat: Old World
Vampire
Bat
Three species
Bibliography
Weinstein, B. and P. Myers. 2001. "Mystacinidae" (On-line), Animal Diversity Web. Accessed April 30, 2008 at http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Mystacinidae.html.