The Zoochat Photographic Guide to Bats

Nycticeius
Three species, one of which is represented in the Zoochat galleries.


Evening Bat Nycticeius humeralis
Three subspecies: humeralis, mexicanus, subtropicalis


Photo by @Giant Eland at the Organization for Bat Conservation (OBC), USA

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2013: OBC | ZooChat



The other two species in the genus are:

Temminck’s Mysterious Bat Nycticeius aenobarbus

Cuban Evening Bat Nycticeius cubanus
 
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Nyctophilus
At least fifteen species, three of which are represented in the Zoochat galleries.


Eastern Long-eared Bat Nyctophilus bifax
Monotypic


Photo by @Najade in the wild, Australia

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Eastern Long-eared Bat (Nyctophilus bifax) | ZooChat


Lesser Long-eared Bat Nyctophilus geoffroyi
Three subspecies: geoffroyi, pacificus, pallescens


Photo by @Najade in the wild, Australia (subspecies pacificus)

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Lesser Long-eared Bat (Nyctophilus geoffroyi) | ZooChat


Gould's Long-eared Bat Nyctophilus gouldi
Monotypic


Photo by @LaughingDove in the wild, Australia

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Gould's Long-eared Bat | ZooChat



There are at least twelve other species in the genus:

Northern Long-eared Bat Nyctophilus arnhemensis
Corben's Long-eared Bat Nyctophilus corbeni
East Australian Long-eared Bat Nyctophilus daedalus
Sunda Long-eared Bat Nyctophilus heran
Lord Howe Long-eared Bat Nyctophilus howensis
South-west Australian Long-eared Bat Nyctophilus major
Small-toothed Long-eared Bat Nyctophilus microdon
New Guinea Long-eared Bat Nyctophilus microtis
New Caledonian Long-eared Bat Nyctophilus nebulosus
Tasmanian Long-eared Bat Nyctophilus sherrini
Mt. Missim Long-eared Bat Nyctophilus shirleyae
Pigmy Long-eared Bat Nyctophilus walkeri
 
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Parastrellus
One species, formerly placed in the genus Pipistrellus


Canyon Bat or Western Pipistrelle Parastrellus hesperus
Monotypic


Photo by @RatioTile at the Grand Canyon Deer Farm (USA)

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Canyon Bat (Parastrellus hesperus) - ZooChat


Photo by @Giant Eland at the Grand Canyon Deer Farm (USA)

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Canyon Bat (Parastrellus hesperus) - ZooChat



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Perimyotis
One species, formerly placed in the genus Pipistrellus.


Tricoloured Bat or Eastern Pipistrelle Perimyotis subflavus
Four subspecies (clarus, floridanus, subflavus, veraecrucis), and the disjunct population in Nova Scotia may also be separable.


Photo by @Kudu21 in the wild, Ohio (USA) (subspecies subflavus)

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Tricolored Bats | ZooChat


Photo by @Giant Eland in the wild, Pennsylvania (USA) (subspecies subflavus)

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tricolored bat (Perimyotis subflavus) Formerly known as the eastern pipistrelle - ZooChat
 
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Pipistrellus
About 45 species, six of which are represented in the Zoochat galleries.

Various other genera were formerly included within Pipistrellus, including the multi-species genera Falsistrellus, Hypsugo, and Vespadelus.



Japanese Pipistrelle Pipistrellus abramus
Monotypic


Photo by @aardvark250 of a wild animal (probably dead), Hong Kong

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Japanese pipistrelle - ZooChat


Kuhl's Pipistrelle Pipistrellus kuhlii
Four subspecies: ikhwanius, kuhlii, lepidus, marginatus. Formerly P. hesperidus of Africa was included within this species. P. deserti is now considered a synonym of P. kuhlii. The Madeira Pipistrelle P. maderensis may also be a synonym.


Photo by @Giant Eland at Meir Segals Garden University Zoo, Israel (probably the local subspecies ikhwanius)

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Kuhl's pipistrelle (Pipistrellus kuhlii) - ZooChat


Nathusius' Pipistrelle Pipistrellus nathusii
Monotypic


Photo by @Fishapod of a wild-caught animal, Russia

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Nathusius's pipistrelle (Pipistrellus nathusii) | ZooChat


Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus
Monotypic. The Central Asian subspecies aladdin has since been split as a full species.


Photo by @Merintia in the wild, Spain

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Common Pipistrelle - ZooChat


Photo by @Najade of a wild animal, Romania, showing the size.

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Common Pipistrelle (Pipistrellus pipistrellus) - ZooChat


Soprano Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pygmaeus
Two subspecies: cyprius, pygmaeus


Photo by @Maguari in the wild, UK (subspecies pygmaeus)

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Soprano Pipistrelle, Derbyshire | ZooChat


Racey’s Pipistrelle Pipistrellus raceyi
Monotypic


Photo by @Giant Eland of a wild-caught animal, Madagascar

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Racey's pipistrelle (Pipistrellus raceyi) - ZooChat



There are about 40 other species in the genus, although there is considerable difference of opinion as to which species may be placed in Pipistrellus and which in related genera such as Hypsugo. The following list is largely based on the IUCN treatment of the genus.

Forest or Adams's Pipistrelle Pipistrellus adamsi
Mount Gargues Pipistrelle Pipistrellus aero
Turkestan Pipistrelle Pipistrellus aladdin
Alashanian Pipistrelle Pipistrellus alaschanicus
Anchieta's Pipistrelle Pipistrellus anchietae
Angulate Pipistrelle Pipistrellus angulatus
Arabian Pipistrelle Pipistrellus arabicus
Desert Pipistrelle Pipistrellus ariel
Cadorna's Pipistrelle Pipistrellus cadornae
Kelaart's Pipistrelle Pipistrellus ceylonicus
Greater Papuan Pipistrelle Pipistrellus collinus
Indian Pipistrelle Pipistrellus coromandra
Broad-headed Pipistrelle Pipistrellus crassulus
Eisentraut's Pipistrelle Pipistrellus eisentrauti
Endo's Pipistrelle Pipistrellus endoi
Grandidier's Pipistrelle Pipistrellus grandidieri
Hanaki's Pipistrelle Pipistrellus hanaki
Dusky Pipistrelle Pipistrellus hesperidus
Brown Pipistrelle Pipistrellus imbricatus
Aellen's Pipistrelle Pipistrellus inexspectatus
Java Pipistrelle Pipistrellus javanicus
Madeira Pipistrelle Pipistrellus maderensis
Minahassa Pipistrelle Pipistrellus minahassae
Christmas Island Pipistrelle Pipistrellus murrayi (probably extinct)
Mouse-like Pipistrelle Pipistrellus musciculus
Tiny Pipistrelle Pipistrellus nanulus
Lesser Papuan Pipistrelle Pipistrellus papuanus
Mount Popa Pipistrelle Pipistrellus paterculus
Dar es Salaam Pipistrelle Pipistrellus permixtus
Chinese Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pulveratus
Rüppell's Pipistrelle Pipistrellus rueppellii
Rusty Pipistrelle Pipistrellus rusticus
Narrow-winged Pipistrelle Pipistrellus stenopterus
Sturdee's Pipistrelle Pipistrellus sturdeei (known from only one specimen from the late 1800s of uncertain provenance)
Least Pipistrelle Pipistrellus tenuis
Watts's Pipistrelle Pipistrellus wattsi
Northern or Koopman's Pipistrelle Pipistrellus westralis
 
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Plecotus
Up to eighteen or more species, two of which are represented in the Zoochat galleries.

This is a really complex genus, with a lot of splitting and lumping taking place. At its most constricted there was only a single species (Plecotus auritus) with a multitude of subspecies. In the species list presented here, there are many which elsewhere are treated as subspecies of (in particular) Plecotus auritus and Plecotus austriacus.



Brown Long-eared Bat Plecotus auritus
Three subspecies: auritus, begognae, ponticus. The last-named (ponticus) was described in 2025 for a population in the Caucasus Mountains. The second one (begognae) is restricted to the Iberian Peninsula, and the nominate auritus is found over most of Europe. Other former subspecies have been split as full species.


Photo by @Giant Eland at Moscow Zoo, Russia (subspecies auritus)

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(Plecotus auritus) Brown long-eared bat | ZooChat


Photo by @Najade in the wild, Germany (subspecies auritus)

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Brown Long-eared Bat (Plecotus auritus) - ZooChat


Grey Long-eared Bat Plecotus austriacus
Monotypic after splitting of former subspecies


Photo by @Najade in the wild, Germany

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Grey Long-eared Bat (Plecotus austriacus) - ZooChat



The other species in this genus which may or may not be recognised by various authors:

Ariel Long-eared Bat Plecotus ariel
Ethiopian Long-eared Bat Plecotus balensis
Christie's Long-eared Bat Plecotus christii
Gaisler's Long-eared Bat Plecotus gaisleri
Hodgson's Long-eared Bat Plecotus homochrous
Mediterranean Long-eared Bat Plecotus kolombatovici
Kozlov's Long-eared Bat Plecotus kozlovi
Alpine Long-eared Bat Plecotus macrobullaris
North Asian Long-eared Bat Plecotus ognevi (uenoi is a synonym)
Japanese Long-eared Bat Plecotus sacrimontis
Sardinian Long-eared Bat Plecotus sardus
Strelkov's Long-eared Bat Plecotus strelkovi
Taiwan Long-eared Bat Plecotus taivanus
Canary Long-eared Bat Plecotus teneriffae
Turkmenian Long-eared Bat Plecotus turkmenicus
Ward's Long-eared Bat Plecotus wardi



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Rhogeessa
Thirteen species, two of which are represented in the Zoochat galleries.



Bickham's Yellow Bat Rhogeessa bickhami
Monotypic


Photo by @Najade in the wild, Costa Rica

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Bickham’s Yellow Bat (Rhogeessa bickhami) - ZooChat



Thomas' Yellow Bat Rhogeessa io
Monotypic as per Mammals of South America although they don't seem to sure about it even in that work.


Photo by @Najade in the wild, Costa Rica

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Thomas’ Yellow Bat (Rhogeessa io) - ZooChat



The other species in the genus are as follows:

Yucatan Yellow Bat Rhogeessa aeneus
Allen's Yellow Bat Rhogeessa alleni
Genoways' Yellow Bat Rhogeessa genowaysi
Slender Yellow Bat Rhogeessa gracilis
Husson's Yellow Bat Rhogeessa hussoni
Menchu's Little Yellow Bat Rhogeessa menchuae
Tiny Yellow Bat Rhogeessa minutilla
Least Yellow Bat Rhogeessa mira
Little Yellow Bat Rhogeessa parvula
Black-winged Little Yellow Bat Rhogeessa tumida
Ecuador Little Yellow Bat Rhogeessa velilla
 
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Scotorepens
Four species, two of which are represented in the Zoochat galleries (one of these only as a taxidermy specimen).


Little Broad-nosed Bat Scotorepens greyii
Monotypic


Photo by @WhistlingKite24 at the Queensland Museum, Australia (taxidermy specimen)

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Little Broad-nosed Bat (Scotorepens greyii) | ZooChat


Northern Broad-nosed Bat Scotorepens sanborni
Monotypic


Photo by @Hix in the wild, Australia

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Northern Broadnosed Bat | ZooChat



The other two species in this genus:

Western Broad-nosed Bat Scotorepens balstoni

Eastern Broad-nosed Bat Scotorepens orion
 
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Vespadelus
Nine species, four of which are represented in the Zoochat galleries (one of these only as a taxidermy specimen).


Northern Cave Bat Vespadelus caurinus
Monotypic; originally treated as a subspecies of Vespadelus pumilus.


Photo by @Najade in the wild, Australia

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Northern Cave Bat (Vespadelus caurinus) - ZooChat


Finlayson's Cave Bat Vespadelus finlaysoni
Monotypic


Photo by @WhistlingKite24 at the Queensland Museum, Australia (taxidermy specimen)

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Finlayson's cave bat (Vespadelus finlaysoni) | ZooChat


Eastern Forest Bat Vespadelus pumilus
Monotypic


Photo by @Terry Thomas of a wild-caught animal, Australia

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Eptesicus pumilus | ZooChat


Little Forest Bat Vespadelus vulturnus
Monotypic


Photo by @Hix in the wild, Australia

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Little Forest Bat - ZooChat



There are five other species in the genus:

Inland Forest Bat Vespadelus baverstocki
Large Forest Bat Vespadelus darlingtoni
Yellow-lipped Bat Vespadelus douglasorum
Southern Forest Bat Vespadelus regulus
Troughton's Forest Bat Vespadelus troughtoni
 
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Vespertilio
Two species, both of which are represented in the Zoochat galleries.


Eurasian Particoloured Bat Vespertilio murinus
Two subspecies: murinus, ussuriensis


Photo by @Giant Eland at Moscow Zoo, Russia (presumably the western subspecies murinus)

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(Vespertilio murinus) Parti-colored bat | ZooChat


East Asian Particoloured Bat Vespertilio sinensis
Five subspecies: andersoni, namiyei, noctula, orientalis, sinensis


Photo by @RatioTile at Asa Zoo, Japan (presumably the Japanese subspecies namiyei, which has also been treated as a full species)

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Asian Particolored Bat (Vespertilio sinensis) - ZooChat
 
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None of the remaining genera in the subfamily Vespertilioninae are represented in the Zoochat galleries. Because there are still so many genera to list, I have split them over three posts.


Arielulus
Five species

Collared Pipistrelle or Collared Sprite Arielulus aureocollaris
Black-gilded Pipistrelle or Bronze Sprite Arielulus circumdatus
Coppery Pipistrelle or Coppery Sprite Arielulus cuprosus
Social Pipistrelle or Social Sprite Arielulus societatis
Necklaced Pipistrelle or Necklaced Sprite Arielulus torquatus


Bauerus
One species

Van Gelder's Bat Bauerus dubiaquercus


Corynorhinus
Three species

Rafinesque's Big-eared Bat Corynorhinus rafinesquii
Mexican Big-eared Bat Corynorhinus mexicanus
Townsend's Big-eared Bat Corynorhinus townsendii


Eudiscopus
One species

Disk-footed Bat Eudiscopus denticulus


Falsistrellus
Five species

Chocolate False Pipistrelle Falsistrellus affinis
Western False Pipistrelle Falsistrellus mackenziei
Pungent False Pipistrelle Falsistrellus mordax
Peters's False Pipistrelle Falsistrellus petersi
Eastern False Pipistrelle Falsistrellus tasmaniensis


Glauconycteris
Eleven species. The Pied Bat Niumbaha superba was also in this genus until recently.

Allen's Striped Bat Glauconycteris alboguttata
Silvered Bat Glauconycteris argentata
Beatrix's Bat Glauconycteris beatrix
Curry's Bat Glauconycteris curryae
Bibundi Bat Glauconycteris egeria
Glen's Wattled Bat Glauconycteris gleni
Allen's Spotted Bat Glauconycteris humeralis
Kenyan Wattled Bat Glauconycteris kenyacola
Machado's Butterfly Bat Glauconycteris machadoi
Abo Bat Glauconycteris poensis
Variegated Butterfly Bat Glauconycteris variegata


Glischropus
Two species

Javan Thick-thumbed Bat Glischropus javanus
Common Thick-thumbed Bat Glischropus tylopus
 
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Hesperoptenus
Five species

Blanford's Bat Hesperoptenus blanfordi
False Serotine Bat Hesperoptenus doriae
Gaskell's False Serotine Bat Hesperoptenus gaskelli
Tickell's Bat Hesperoptenus tickelli
Large False Serotine Bat Hesperoptenus tomesi


Histiotus
Seven species

Strange Big-eared Brown Bat Histiotus alienus
Humboldt Big-eared Brown Bat Histiotus humboldti
Thomas's Big-eared Brown Bat Histiotus laephotis
Common Big-eared Brown Bat Histiotus macrotus
Southern Big-eared Brown Bat Histiotus magellanicus
Small Big-eared Brown Bat Histiotus montanus
Tropical Big-eared Brown Bat Histiotus velatus


Hypsugo
Eight species here, but there are various opinions on this. This genus was formerly included in Pipistrellus. Various species which I have placed in that genus (following the IUCN lists) are placed in Hypsugo by other authors.

Anthony's Pipistrelle Hypsugo anthonyi
Madagascar Pipistrelle Hypsugo bemainty
Joffre's Pipistrelle Hypsugo joffrei
Red-brown Pipistrelle Hypsugo kitcheneri
Burma Pipistrelle Hypsugo lophurus
Big-eared Pipistrelle Hypsugo macrotis
Savi's Pipistrelle Hypsugo savii
Vordermann's Pipistrelle Hypsugo vordermanni


Ia
One species

Great Evening Bat Ia io


Idionycteris
One species

Allen's Big-eared Bat Idionycteris phyllotis


Laephotis
Four species, although IUCN notes that there may really only be two species.

Angolan Long-eared Bat Laephotis angolensis
Botswanan Long-eared Bat Laephotis botswanae
Namib Long-eared Bat Laephotis namibensis
De Winton's Long-eared Bat Laephotis wintoni


Mimetillus
Only one species is currently recognised, but it is probably a species complex.

Moloney's Mimic Bat Mimetillus moloneyi
 
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Niumbaha
One species, formerly placed in the genus Glauconycteris

Pied or Badger Bat Niumbaha superba


Nycticeinops
One species

Schlieffen's Bat Nycticeinops schlieffeni


Otonycteris
Two species

Desert Long-eared Bat Otonycteris hemprichii
Turkestan Long-eared Bat Otonycteris leucophaea


Pharotis
One species

New Guinea or Thomas' Big-eared Bat Pharotis imogene


Philetor
One species (may be a species complex)

Rohu's Bat or Short-winged Pipistrelle Philetor brachypterus


Scoteanax
One species

Rüppell's Broad-nosed Bat Scoteanax rueppellii


Scotoecus
Three species

Light-winged Lesser House Bat Scotoecus albofuscus
Dark-winged Lesser House Bat Scotoecus hirundo (including albigula and hindei, as per IUCN)
Desert Yellow Bat Scotoecus pallidus


Scotomanes
One species

Harlequin Bat Scotomanes ornatus


Scotophilus
Eighteen species

Rebori's House Bat Scotophilus andrewreborii
Lesser Yellow Bat Scotophilus borbonicus
Sulawesi Yellow House Bat Scotophilus celebensis
Sody's Yellow House Bat Scotophilus collinus
African Yellow House Bat Scotophilus dinganii
Ejeta's House Bat Scotophilus ejetai
Greater Asiatic Yellow House Bat Scotophilus heathi
Lesser Asiatic Yellow House Bat Scotophilus kuhlii
White-bellied Yellow Bat Scotophilus leucogaster
Livingstone's House Bat Scotophilus livingstonii
Marovaza House Bat Scotophilus marovaza
Schreber's Yellow Bat or Giant House Bat Scotophilus nigrita
Robbins' House Bat Scotophilus nucella
Nut-colored Yellow Bat Scotophilus nux
Robust Yellow Bat Scotophilus robustus
Western Yellow Bat Scotophilus tandrefana
Trujillo's House Bat Scotophilus trujilloi
Greenish Yellow Bat Scotophilus viridis


Scotozous
One species

Dormer's Bat Scotozous dormeri


Tylonycteris
Six species. Traditionally there have been only two species recognised (T. pachypus and T. robustula); in 2008 T. pygmaeus was described from China; in 2017 two former subspecies were elevated to full species (fulvida from T. pachypus, and malayana from T. robustula), and a new species was also named (T. tonkinensis). More species are likely to be named in the future from this cryptic group.

Lesser Bamboo Bat Tylonycteris fulvida
Malaysian Bamboo Bat Tylonycteris malayana
Sunda Bamboo Bat Tylonycteris pachypus
Pygmy Bamboo Bat Tylonycteris pygmaeus
Greater Bamboo Bat Tylonycteris robustula
Tonkin Bamboo Bat Tylonycteris tonkinensis
 
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Subfamily MURININAE

About 31 species in three genera: Harpiocephalus, Harpiola, Murina

No species from this subfamily are represented in the Zoochat galleries.



Harpiocephalus
Two species


Lesser Hairy-winged Bat Harpiocephalus harpia

Greater Hairy-winged Bat Harpiocephalus mordax



Harpiola
Two species


Peter's Tube-nosed Bat Harpiola (Murina) grisea

Taiwan Tube-nosed Bat Harpiola isodon



Murina
About 27 species


Bronze Tube-nosed Bat Murina aenea
Little Tube-nosed Bat Murina aurata
Bala Tube-nosed Bat Murina balaensis
Beelzebub's Tube-nosed Bat Murina beelzebub
Bicoloured Tube-nosed Bat Murina bicolor
Ashy Tube-nosed Bat Murina cineracea
Round-eared Tube-nosed Bat Murina cyclotis
Elery's Tube-nosed Bat Murina eleryi
Flute-nosed Bat Murina florium
Dusky Tube-nosed Bat Murina fusca
Slender Tube-nosed Bat Murina gracilis
Orange Vietnamese Tube-nosed Bat Murina harpioloides
Harrison's Tube-nosed Bat Murina harrisoni (including Murina tiensa)
Hilgendorf's Tube-nosed Bat Murina hilgendorfi
Hutton's Tube-nosed Bat Murina huttoni
Jaintia Tube-nosed Bat Murina jaintiana
Greater Tube-nosed Bat Murina leucogaster
Rainforest Tube-nosed Bat Murina pluvialis
Taiwan Tube-nosed Bat Murina puta
Faint-coloured Tube-nosed Bat Murina recondita
Gilded Tube-nosed Bat Murina rozendaali
Ryukyu Tube-nosed Bat Murina ryukyuana
Brown Tube-nosed Bat Murina suilla
Gloomy Tube-nosed Bat Murina tenebrosa
Scully's Tube-nosed Bat Murina tubinaris
Ussuri Tube-nosed Bat Murina ussuriensis
Walston's Tube-nosed Bat Murina walstoni
 
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Subfamily MYOTINAE

About 115 species in three genera: Cistugo, Lasionycteris, Myotis

There are just thirty-three species in the Zoochat galleries, but representing all three genera. Two species are depicted only as taxidermy specimens.
 
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Cistugo
Two species, one of which is represented in the Zoochat galleries.


Lesueur's Hairy Bat Cistugo lesueuri
Monotypic


Photo by @Giant Eland in the wild, South Africa

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Lesueur’s Hairy Bat (Cistugo lesueuri) - ZooChat



The second species in the genus is the Angolan Hairy Bat Cistugo seabrae. There is some disagreement over whether C. lesueuri should be treated as a distinct species or whether it is only a subspecies of C. seabrae.
 
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Myotis
About 110 species, thirty-one of which are represented in the Zoochat galleries (with two only as taxidermy specimens).



Silver-tipped Bat Myotis albescens
Monotypic


Photo by @Giant Eland in the wild, Bolivia

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Silver-tipped Myotis (Myotis albescens) - ZooChat



Alcathoe Bat Myotis alcathoe
Monotypic. Formerly included within M. mystacinus.


Photo by @Najade of a wild-caught animal, Romania

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Alcathoe’s Bat (Myotis alcathoe) - ZooChat



Valparaiso Mouse-eared Bat Myotis arescens
Monotypic


Photo by @Giant Eland in the wild, Chile

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Valparaiso Myotis (Myotis arescens) - ZooChat



South-eastern Mouse-eared Bat Myotis austroriparius
Monotypic. Three subspecies were formerly recognised (austroriparius, gatesi, mumfordi ).


Photo by @Giant Eland at Lubee Bat Conservancy (USA)

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Southeastern Myotis (Myotis austroriparius) - ZooChat



Bechstein's Bat Myotis bechsteinii
Monotypic


Photo by @Najade of a wild-caught animal, Romania

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Bechstein’s Bat (Myotis bechsteinii) - ZooChat



Brandt's Bat Myotis brandtii
Monotypic. Formerly included within M. mystacinus


Photo by @Najade of a wild-caught animal, Germany.

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Brandt’s Bat (Myotis brandtii) - ZooChat



California Bat Myotis californicus
Two to four subspecies: californicus, caurinus, mexicanus, stephensi (the last two would be merged with californicus if only two subspecies are recognised).


Photo by @Giant Eland at Arizona Bat Rescue (USA) (Two subspecies occur in Arizona, californicus and stephensi).

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California Myotis (Myotis californicus) - ZooChat



Chilean Mouse-eared Bat Myotis chiloensis
Currently treated as being monotypic, with former subspecies having been elevated to full species.


Photo by @Giant Eland in the wild, Chile

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Chilean myotis (Myotis chiloensis) - ZooChat



Western Small-footed Bat Myotis ciliolabrum
Monotypic, with former subspecies melanorhinus having been split as a full species.


Photo by @Giant Eland at Arizona Bat Rescue (USA)

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Western Small-footed Myotis (Myotis ciliolabrum) - ZooChat
 
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Pond Bat Myotis dasycneme
Monotypic


Photo by @vogelcommando at Natuurmuseum Brabant, Netherlands (taxidermy specimen)

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Pond bat - Myotis dasycneme - ZooChat



Daubenton's Bat Myotis daubentonii
Monotypic. Former subspecies laniger and petax have been split as full species.


Photo by @Maguari of a wild-caught animal, UK

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Daubenton's Bat, Derbyshire | ZooChat



Dominican Mouse-eared Bat Myotis dominicensis
Monotypic


Photo by @Maguari in the wild, Dominica

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Dominican Mouse-eared Bat, Dominica, 2007 | ZooChat



Elegant Bat Myotis elegans
Monotypic


Photo by @Najade of a wild-caught animal, Costa Rica

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Elegant Myotis (Myotis elegans) - ZooChat



Geoffroy's Bat Myotis emarginatus
Two subspecies: desertorum, emarginatus


Photo by @Najade of a wild-caught animal, Romania (European subspecies emarginatus)

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Geoffroy’s Bat (Myotis emarginatus) - ZooChat



Malagasy Mouse-eared Bat Myotis goudotii
Monotypic


Photo by @Giant Eland in the wild, Madagascar

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Malagasy mouse-eared bat (Myotis goudotii) - ZooChat



Hodgson's Bat Myotis formosus
Two subspecies: flavus, formosus


Photo by @Chlidonias in the wild, Taiwan (subspecies flavus)

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Formosan Golden Bats (Myotis formosus flavus) - ZooChat



Eastern Small-footed Bat Myotis leibii
Monotypic. Formerly the Western Small-footed Bat M. ciliolabrum was included as a subspecies, and the lumped form was formerly known as M. subulatus.


Photo by @Giant Eland at Pennsylvania Bat Rescue (USA)

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Eastern small-footed bat (Myotis leibii) - ZooChat



Little Brown Bat Myotis lucifugus
Five subspecies (alascensis, carissima, lucifugus, relictus, pernox) but there is genetic evidence that this is a species-complex and that these five taxa are actually all individual species.


Photo by @Giant Eland at Pennsylvania Bat Rescue (USA) (probably the eastern subspecies lucifugus)

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little brown bat or little brown myotis (Myotis lucifugus) - ZooChat



Large-footed Bat or Australian Fishing Bat Myotis macropus
Possibly monotypic, although there is a southern and northern clade within Australia.


Photo by @Najade of a wild-caught animal, Australia

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Greater Mouse-eared Bat Myotis myotis
Two subspecies: macrocephalicus, myotis


Photo by @Najade of a wild-caught animal, Romania (European subspecies myotis)

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Whiskered Bat Myotis mystacinus
Three subspecies currently recognised: caucasicus, mystacinus, occidentalis. Various earlier subspecies have been elevated to full species (e.g. alcathoe, aurascens, brandtii, davidii, montivagus, etc) or discarded.


Photo by @Maguari of a wild-caught animal, UK (European subspecies mystacinus)

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Natterer's Bat Myotis nattereri
Two subspecies: nattereri, tschuliensis


Photo by @Maguari of a wild-caught animal, UK (European subspecies nattereri)

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Black Mouse-eared Bat Myotis nigricans
Three subspecies: extremus, nigricans, osculatii (there is considerable variation in the treatment of subspecies, and it may be a species complex anyway)


Photo by @Najade in the wild, Costa Rica (subspecies nigricans)

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Arizona Mouse-eared Bat Myotis occultus
Monotypic


Photo by @Giant Eland at Grand Canyon Deer Farm (USA)

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Arizona Myotis (Myotis occultus) - ZooChat



Monticelli's Mouse-eared Bat Myotis oxygnathus
Monotypic.

This is the European species commonly known as the Lesser Mouse-eared Bat. It was formerly (or often still) included as a subspecies of the Lesser Mouse-eared Bat M. blythii (of which the type specimen came from India). Another subspecies (punicus) has also been split from M. blythii as a full species. Genetically these three bats are all distinct. The four subspecies retained in M. blythii may also all be full species (ancilla, blythii, lesviacus, omari).


Photo by @Najade of a wild-caught animal, Romania

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Montane Mouse-eared Bat Myotis oxyotus
Two subspecies: gardneri, oxyotus


Photo by @Giant Eland in the wild, Ecuador (South American subspecies oxyotus)

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Central American Hairy-legged Myotis Myotis pilosatibialis
Monotypic. Split from the South American Myotis keaysi.


Photo by @Najade in the wild, Costa Rica

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Rickett's Big-footed Bat Myotis pilosus
Monotypic

Taxonomic note: commonly referred to as Myotis ricketti which is a junior synonym (given in 1894 versus pilosus given in 1869).


Photo by @Ding Lingwei at the Zujia Museum of Biology, China (taxidermy specimen)

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Riparian Mouse-eared Bat Myotis riparius
Monotypic


Photo by @Najade in the wild, Costa Rica

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Northern Long-eared Bat Myotis septentrionalis
Monotypic


Photo by @Giant Eland at Pennsylvania Bat Rescue (USA)

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Himalayan Whiskered Bat Myotis siligorensis
Four subspecies recognised (alticraniatus, siligorensis, sowerbyi, thaianus) but probably a species-complex.


Photo by @ralph in the wild, Thailand (subspecies thaianus)

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There are over 100 other species in the genus Myotis. Because of the number of species I have put the arrangement of the species in the following list alphabetically by subgenera rather than just as a single alphabetical list. I have left the above pictured species in this list (marked with asterisks) so that it can be easily seen to which subgenera they each belong. By no means should you take the following list as a definite list of species (or even of subgenera), because the taxonomists are always playing around with this genus.


Subgenus Myotis

Szechwan Mouse-eared Bat Myotis altarium
Anjouan Mouse-eared Bat Myotis anjouanensis
Mexican Long-eared Bat Myotis auriculus
Bechstein's Bat Myotis bechsteini*
Lesser Mouse-eared Bat Myotis blythii
Chinese Mouse-eared Bat Myotis chinensis
Kock's Mouse-eared Bat Myotis dieteri
Geoffroy's Bat Myotis emarginatus*
Escalera's Bat Myotis escalerai
Western Long-eared Bat Myotis evotis
Madagascan Mouse-eared Bat Myotis goudotii*
Keen's Mouse-eared Bat Myotis keenii
Morris's Bat Myotis morrisi
Greater Mouse-eared Bat Myotis myotis*
Monticelli's Mouse-eared Bat Myotis oxygnathus*
Beijing Mouse-eared Bat Myotis pequinius
Maghreb Mouse-eared Bat Myotis punicus
Northern Long-eared Bat Myotis septentrionalis*
Mandelli's Mouse-eared Bat Myotis sicarius
Fringed Long-eared Bat Myotis thysanodes
Cape Hairy Bat Myotis tricolor
Zenati Bat Myotis zenatius (described in 2018)

Subgenus Chrysopteron

Hodgson's Bat Myotis formosus (includes M. flavus)*
Herman's Bat Myotis hermani
Orange-fingered Bat Myotis rufopictus
Welwitsch's Bat Myotis welwitschii

Subgenus Selysius

Alcathoe Bat Myotis alcathoe*
Hairy-faced Bat Myotis annectans
Atacama Bat Myotis atacamensis
Peters' Bat Myotis ater
Steppe Whiskered Bat Myotis aurascens
Brandt's Bat Myotis brandtii*
Bucharian Bat Myotis bucharensis
California Bat Myotis californicus*
Carter's Bat Myotis carteri
Western Small-footed Bat Myotis ciliolabrum*
David's Bat Myotis davidii
Dominican Mouse-eared Bat Myotis dominicensis*
Elegant Bat Myotis elegans*
Findley's Bat Myotis findleyi
Long-tailed Bat Myotis frater
Gomantong Mouse-eared Bat Myotis gomantongensis
Ussuri Whiskered Bat Myotis gracilis
Armenian Whiskered Bat Myotis hajastanicus
Ikonnikov's Bat Myotis ikonnikovi
Insular Mouse-eared Bat Myotis insularum
South American Hairy-legged Bat Myotis keaysi
Broad-muzzled Whiskered Bat Myotis latirostris
Eastern Small-footed Bat Myotis leibii*
Schwartz's Bat Myotis martiniquensis
Dark-nosed Small-footed Bat Myotis melanorhinus
Wall-roosting Mouse-eared Bat Myotis muricola
Whiskered Bat Myotis mystacinus*
Curacao Mouse-eared Bat Myotis nesopolus
Black Mouse-eared Bat Myotis nigricans*
Nepal Whiskered Bat Myotis nipalensis
Singapore Whiskered Bat Myotis oreias
Honshu Whiskered Bat Myotis ozensis
Phan Luong's Bat Myotis phanluongi
Central American Hairy-legged Bat Myotis pilosatibialis*
Flat-headed Bat Myotis planiceps
Ridley's Bat Myotis ridleyi
Thick-thumbed Bat Myotis rosseti
Scott's Mouse-eared Bat Myotis scotti
Siberian Bat Myotis sibiricus
Himalayan Whiskered Bat Myotis siligorensis*
Indiana Bat Myotis sodalis
Yanbaru Whiskered Bat Myotis yanbarensis
Yoshiyuki's Bat Myotis yesoensis

Subgenus Isotus

Amur Bat Myotis bombinus
Cryptic Mouse-eared Bat Myotis crypticus (described in 2018)
Natterer's Bat Myotis nattereri*
Schaub's Bat Myotis schaubi

Subgenus Leuconoe

Indonesian Large-footed Bat Myotis adversus
Argentina Mouse-eared Bat Myotis aelleni
Silver-tipped Bat Myotis albescens*
Annamite Mouse-eared Bat Myotis annamiticus
Valparaiso Mouse-eared Bat Myotis arescens*
Southeastern Mouse-eared Bat Myotis austroriparius*
Barquez's Mouse-eared Bat Myotis barquezi
Rufous Mouse-eared Bat Myotis bocagii
Long-fingered Bat Myotis capaccinii
Chilean Mouse-eared Bat Myotis chiloensis*
Guatemalan Mouse-eared Bat Myotis cobanensis
Csorba's Mouse-eared Bat Myotis csorbai
Pond Bat Myotis dasycneme*
Daubenton's Bat Myotis daubentoni*
Dinnell's Bat Myotis dinellii
Hairy-footed Mouse-eared Bat Myotis fimbriatus
Cinnamon Mouse-eared Bat Myotis fortidens
Grey Mouse-eared Bat Myotis grisescens
Lesser Large-footed Bat Myotis hasseltii
Horsfield's Bat Myotis horsfieldii
Chinese Water Bat Myotis laniger
Yellowish Mouse-eared Bat Myotis levis
Kashmir Mouse-eared Bat Myotis longipes
Little Brown Bat Myotis lucifugus*
Eastern Long-fingered Bat Myotis macrodactylus
Australian Large-footed Bat Myotis macropus*
Pallid Large-footed Bat Myotis macrotarsus
Moluccan Large-footed Bat Myotis moluccarum
Burmese Whiskered Bat Myotis montivagus
Arizona Mouse-eared Bat Myotis occultus*
Montane Mouse-eared Bat Myotis oxyotus*
Peninsular Mouse-eared Bat Myotis peninsularis
Eastern Water Mouse-eared Bat Myotis petax
Rickett's Big-footed Mouse-eared Bat Myotis pilosus (syn. Myotis ricketti)*
Black Whiskered Mouse-eared Bat Myotis pruinosus
Riparian Mouse-eared Bat Myotis riparius*
Red Mouse-eared Mouse-eared Bat Myotis ruber
Rufous Whiskered Mouse-eared Bat Myotis simus
Kei Mouse-eared Bat Myotis stalkeri
Cave Mouse-eared Mouse-eared Bat Myotis velifer
Long-legged Mouse-eared Bat Myotis volans
Yuma Mouse-eared Bat Myotis yumanensis

Subgenus Pizonyx

Fish-eating Bat Myotis vivesi
 
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Subfamily KERIVOULINAE

About 26 species in two genera: Kerivoula, Phoniscus

Only two species are represented in the Zoochat galleries, both of the genus Kerivoula, albeit with one only as a taxidermy specimen.
 
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