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Wild Bats
Latin Name Common Name
Antrozous pallidus Pallid bat
Choeronycteris mexicana Mexican long-tongued bat
Corynorhinus townsendii Townsend's big-eared bat
Eptesicus fuscus Big brown bat
Eumops perotis Western mastiff bat
Lasionycteris noctivagans Silver-haired bat
Lasiurus borealis Red bat
Lasiurus cinereus Hoary bat
Leptonycteris curasoae Lesser long-nosed bat
Myotis austroriparius Southeastern bat
Myotis californicus California myotis
Myotis ciliolabrum Western small-footed myotis
Myotis evotis Long-eared myotis
Myotis grisescens* Gray bat
Myotis leibii Small-footed bat
Myotis lucifugus Little brown bat
Myotis septentrionalis Eastern long-eared myotis
Myotis sodalis* Indiana bat
Myotis thysanodes Fringed myotis
Myotis velifer Cave myotis
Myotis yumanensis Yuma myotis
Nycticeius humeralis Evening bat
Pipistrellus hesperus Western pipistrelle
Pipistrellus subflavus Eastern pipistrelle
Tadarida brasiliensis Mexican free-tailed bat
Captive Bats
Latin Name Common Name
Anoura geoffroyi Geoffroy's long-nosed bat
Artibeus jamaicensis Jamaican fruit bat
Carollia perspicillata Short-tailed fruit bat
Cynopterus brachyotis Lesser dog-faced fruit bat
Desmodus rotundus Common vampire bat
Eidolon helvum Straw-colored fruit bat
Epomophorus wahlbergi Wahlberg's epauleted fruit bat
Glossophaga soricina Pallas' long-tongued bat
Macrotus californicus California leaf-nosed bat
Noctilio leporinus Fishing bat
Nyctinomops femorosaccus Pocketed free-tailed bat
Nyctinomops macrotis Big free-tailed bat
Phyllostomus discolor Pale, spear-nosed bat
Pteropus giganteus Indian flying fox
Pteropus poliocephalus Gray-headed flying fox
Pteropus rodricensis Rodrigues fruit bat
Pteropus voeltzkowi Pemba Island flying fox
Rousettus aegyptiacus Egyptian fruit bat
Rousettus lanosus Ruwenzori long-haired rousette bat
Taphozous perforatus Egyptian tomb bat
* Federally endangered
Details mentioned in this article were accurate at the time of publication
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