Another new species (and genus) for the thread, with Cave Nectar Bat Eonycteris spelaea uploaded by @ronnienl (on page 2 of this thread).
Cave Nectar Bat - ZooChat
Cave Nectar Bat - ZooChat
The Zoochat Photographic Guide to Bats
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Wow! This must have been a lot of work. I started a project to write all of the mammal species and subspecies on Earth into a Pukka Pad and I have only got half of the carnivorans and the ungulates remaining, but it took a long time to get through all those rodents, bats and shrews!
Really great thread, although it is quite sad that we have so few images of such a diverse and interesting order on Zoochat. Undoubtedly this is in part due to their underrepresentation in zoos and the general difficulty in the wild given their predominantly nocturnal habits
Would even museum skulls or skeletons be useful if there is no photo? I was thinking on my next trip to Paris I could see if I could take a few pics of some of the rarer taxa's skeletons and mounts and try and contribute to these wonderful threads where photos are lacking. Would this be useful?
Really great thread, although it is quite sad that we have so few images of such a diverse and interesting order on Zoochat. Undoubtedly this is in part due to their underrepresentation in zoos and the general difficulty in the wild given their predominantly nocturnal habits
Would even museum skulls or skeletons be useful if there is no photo? I was thinking on my next trip to Paris I could see if I could take a few pics of some of the rarer taxa's skeletons and mounts and try and contribute to these wonderful threads where photos are lacking. Would this be useful?
No, but thanks.
Skulls and skeletons are not much use for these threads because the photos used are for depicting how the species look in life. I do use taxidermy specimens (i.e. "stuffed animals") in my mammal threads, but live animals are obviously preferable and I tend to only use museum specimens if they are already in the photos galleries (that is, uploading lots of museum specimens for the threads isn't really something I'm too interested in happening).
If I were to find a taxidermy specimen of one of the species not previously photographed on Zoochat, would that be of use though?
Yes I would (probably) still use it - ideally it would have to be a good photo of course.
Three more species have been added to the thread.
Lesser Sheath-tailed Bat Emballonura monticola by @ronnienl (also a new genus for the thread), post #102 on page 6 of the thread: The Zoochat Photographic Guide to Bats
Lesser Sheath-tailed Bat - Taman Negara - ZooChat
Sundevall's Roundleaf Bat Hipposideros caffer by @Giant Eland (only the second species depicted for the family Hipposideridae), post #47 on page 3 of the thread: The Zoochat Photographic Guide to Bats
Sundevall's Roundleaf Bat (Hipposideros caffer) - ZooChat
Large-eared Slit-faced Bat Nycteris macrotis by @Giant Eland (showing the "slit face" very well, and only the second species depicted for the family Nycteridae), post #109 on page 6 of the thread: The Zoochat Photographic Guide to Bats
large-eared slit-faced bat (Nycteris macrotis) - ZooChat
Lesser Sheath-tailed Bat Emballonura monticola by @ronnienl (also a new genus for the thread), post #102 on page 6 of the thread: The Zoochat Photographic Guide to Bats
Lesser Sheath-tailed Bat - Taman Negara - ZooChat
Sundevall's Roundleaf Bat Hipposideros caffer by @Giant Eland (only the second species depicted for the family Hipposideridae), post #47 on page 3 of the thread: The Zoochat Photographic Guide to Bats
Sundevall's Roundleaf Bat (Hipposideros caffer) - ZooChat
Large-eared Slit-faced Bat Nycteris macrotis by @Giant Eland (showing the "slit face" very well, and only the second species depicted for the family Nycteridae), post #109 on page 6 of the thread: The Zoochat Photographic Guide to Bats
large-eared slit-faced bat (Nycteris macrotis) - ZooChat
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Three more new species have been added to the thread, all by @Giant Eland in South Africa.
Geoffroy's Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus clivosus on page three of the thread.
Geoffroy’s Horseshoe Bat (Rhinolophus clivosus) - ZooChat
Long-tailed House Bat Eptesicus hottentotus on page six of the thread.
Long-tailed Serotines (Eptesicus hottentotus) - ZooChat
Lesueur's Hairy Bat Cistugo lesueuri (a new genus for the thread) on page seven.
Lesueur’s Hairy Bat (Cistugo lesueuri) - ZooChat
I also added in a new photo by @Arizona Docent of a Lesser Long-nosed Bat Leptonycteris yerbabuenae (replacing the two photos which were being used for that species) on page four of the thread. This was the first photo by Arizona Docent used in this thread.
lesser long nosed bat - ZooChat
Geoffroy's Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus clivosus on page three of the thread.
Geoffroy’s Horseshoe Bat (Rhinolophus clivosus) - ZooChat
Long-tailed House Bat Eptesicus hottentotus on page six of the thread.
Long-tailed Serotines (Eptesicus hottentotus) - ZooChat
Lesueur's Hairy Bat Cistugo lesueuri (a new genus for the thread) on page seven.
Lesueur’s Hairy Bat (Cistugo lesueuri) - ZooChat
I also added in a new photo by @Arizona Docent of a Lesser Long-nosed Bat Leptonycteris yerbabuenae (replacing the two photos which were being used for that species) on page four of the thread. This was the first photo by Arizona Docent used in this thread.
lesser long nosed bat - ZooChat
I've added a new species to the thread (albeit only as a museum specimen, which I photographed at the Auckland War Memorial Museum), with New Zealand Long-tailed Bat Chalinolobus tuberculatus. On page 6 of the thread, post #114.
The thread now depicts 137 species of bats, out of c.1300 species total. There's a long way to go still!
NZ Long-tailed Bat (Chalinolobus tuberculatus) - ZooChat
The thread now depicts 137 species of bats, out of c.1300 species total. There's a long way to go still!
NZ Long-tailed Bat (Chalinolobus tuberculatus) - ZooChat
Help is on the way!
I still need to upload my Ethiopian bat photos as well as the photos from my recent Kenya & Uganda trip. Got some American ones too. Should be over 20 new species for the thread!
@Najade has recently added a string of bat photos to the galleries (mostly under Romania Wildlife; the Barbastelle is under Switzerland Wildlife). Three are of existing species within the thread, and six are new species for the thread (the ones in bold below), taking the total of represented species to 143.
Western Barbastelle Barbastella barbastellus - swapped for the previous photo by @Maguari (they show the same subspecies)
Lesser Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus hipposideros - swapped for the previous photo of a taxidermy specimen by @Kakapo
Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus - I retained the existing photo by @Kakapo so now there are two photos for this species, as the current one shows the size
Schreiber's Bat Miniopterus schreiberii - the first representative for the family Miniopteridae
Alcathoe Bat Myotis alcathoe
Bechstein's Bat Myotis bechsteinii
Geoffroy's Bat Myotis emarginatus
Greater Mouse-eared Bat Myotis myotis
Monticelli's Mouse-eared Bat Myotis oxygnathus - this is the Lesser Mouse-eared Bat, which is a species-complex. Here I follow the split of the European one to M. oxygnathus. The species M. blythii has its type-locality in India.
Western Barbastelle Barbastella barbastellus - swapped for the previous photo by @Maguari (they show the same subspecies)
Lesser Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus hipposideros - swapped for the previous photo of a taxidermy specimen by @Kakapo
Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus - I retained the existing photo by @Kakapo so now there are two photos for this species, as the current one shows the size
Schreiber's Bat Miniopterus schreiberii - the first representative for the family Miniopteridae
Alcathoe Bat Myotis alcathoe
Bechstein's Bat Myotis bechsteinii
Geoffroy's Bat Myotis emarginatus
Greater Mouse-eared Bat Myotis myotis
Monticelli's Mouse-eared Bat Myotis oxygnathus - this is the Lesser Mouse-eared Bat, which is a species-complex. Here I follow the split of the European one to M. oxygnathus. The species M. blythii has its type-locality in India.
Six new species have been added to the thread, with photos by @Giant Eland taken at the Pennsylvania Bat Rescue in the USA.
There are three species of Lasiurus: Eastern Red Bat L. borealis, Hoary Bat L. cinereus, and Seminole Bat L. seminolus. These are on page six of the thread (currently post #116).
And there are three species of Myotis: Eastern Small-footed Bat M. leibii, Little Brown Bat M. lucifugus, and Northern Long-eared Bat M. septentrionalis. These are on page seven of the thread (currently post #133).
The photos (and others) can also be seen in the gallery here: Pennsylvania Bat Rescue - ZooChat
The number of bat species depicted in this thread is now 149 (out of c.1300 species total). It's not a high number of photographed species, but it is still over ten percent of all the bat species in the world.
There are three species of Lasiurus: Eastern Red Bat L. borealis, Hoary Bat L. cinereus, and Seminole Bat L. seminolus. These are on page six of the thread (currently post #116).
And there are three species of Myotis: Eastern Small-footed Bat M. leibii, Little Brown Bat M. lucifugus, and Northern Long-eared Bat M. septentrionalis. These are on page seven of the thread (currently post #133).
The photos (and others) can also be seen in the gallery here: Pennsylvania Bat Rescue - ZooChat
The number of bat species depicted in this thread is now 149 (out of c.1300 species total). It's not a high number of photographed species, but it is still over ten percent of all the bat species in the world.
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Not even Adam West would have used that lineNot bat going, all things considered
A couple of belated additions to the thread, albeit only of taxidermy specimens, which I had missed previously. Both are by @vogelcommando at the Natuurmuseum Brabant in the Netherlands, uploaded in 2018. If anyone should come up with photos of living animals they can be added in as replacements.
Common Serotine Eptesicus serotinus in post #115, page 6 of the thread.
Serotine bat - Eptesicus serotinus - ZooChat
Pond Bat Myotis dasycneme in post #133, page 7 of the thread.
Pond bat - Myotis dasycneme - ZooChat
Common Serotine Eptesicus serotinus in post #115, page 6 of the thread.
Serotine bat - Eptesicus serotinus - ZooChat
Pond Bat Myotis dasycneme in post #133, page 7 of the thread.
Pond bat - Myotis dasycneme - ZooChat
Kakapo
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Casually, last year I also substituted said photo by one of an alive individual in my files
A new species added by @Najade - the Diminutive Serotine Eptesicus diminutus from Paraguay.
On page 6 of the thread, post #115.
Diminutive Brown Bat (Eptesicus diminutus) - ZooChat
On page 6 of the thread, post #115.
Diminutive Brown Bat (Eptesicus diminutus) - ZooChat
Another new species from Paraguay added with a photo by @Najade, the Greater Round-eared Bat Tonatia bidens.
Post #75 on page 4 of this thread.
Greater Round-eared Bat (Tonatia bidens) - ZooChat
Post #75 on page 4 of this thread.
Greater Round-eared Bat (Tonatia bidens) - ZooChat
I have added a photo of a western mastiff bat (Eumops perotis) to the gallery
Mauritius Flying Fox Pteropus niger has been added to the galleries, and hence to this thread, by @carl the birder
mauritus flying fox - ZooChat
mauritus flying fox - ZooChat
Just added a photo of a Greater naked bat ( Cheiromeles torquatus ) in the TerraZoo Rheinberg - Gallery ( Germany ) It's a taxidermy specimen but because the complete genus ( 2 species ) was still missing in the Gallery I thought it may be of intrest :
