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Cave Biology Data Portal
Subterranean biodiversity of North America and around the globe
AnimaliaChordataMammaliaChiroptera

Family Vespertilionidae
Gray, 1821 · Evening Bats

Species in this portal
16
Ecological class
All trogloxene
Realm
Terrestrial
Continent
North America
Countries
Canada, United States
States and provinces
24 states and provinces
Counties
296
Conservation
2 of 15 ranked G1 or G2; 3 federally listed

Genera

  • Corynorhinus 2 in portal
  • Eptesicus 1 in portal
  • Lasionycteris 1 in portal
  • Lasiurus 3 in portal
  • Myotis 7 in portal
  • Nycticeius 1 in portal
  • Perimyotis 1 in portal

Species in this portal

Species Common name Class Status States Karst regions
Corynorhinus rafinesquii (Lesson, 1827) Eastern Big-Eared Bat Trogloxene G3 LC AL, AR, GA, IN, KY, NC, TN
Corynorhinus townsendii (Cooper, 1837) Pacific Townsend's Big-Eared Bat Trogloxene G4 LC AR, KY, OK, PA
Eptesicus fuscus (Palisot de Beauvois, 1796) Big Brown Bat Trogloxene G5 LC AL, AR, GA, IL, IN, KY, OK, PA, TN, VA
Lasionycteris noctivagans (Le Conte, 1831) Black Bat Trogloxene G4 LC AR
Lasiurus borealis (Müller, 1776) Eastern Red Bat Trogloxene G3 LC AR, GA, KY, TN
Lasiurus cinereus (Palisot de Beauvois, 1796) Trogloxene AR, KY, TN
Lasiurus seminolus (Rhoads, 1895) Seminole Bat Trogloxene G5 LC
Myotis austroriparius (Rhoads, 1897) Southeastern Myotis Trogloxene G4 LC AL, AR, FL, GA, IL, KY
Myotis grisescens A. H. Howell, 1909 Gray Bat Trogloxene G3 VU ESA AL, AR, FL, GA, IL, KS, KY, MO, MS, OK, TN, VA
Myotis leibii (Audubon & Bachman, 1842) Eastern Small-Footed Bat Trogloxene G4 EN AR, GA, KY, PA, TN, VA
Myotis lucifugus (Le Conte, 1831) Little Brown Bat Trogloxene G3 EN AL, AR, GA, IL, IN, KY, PA, TN, VA
Myotis septentrionalis (Trouessart, 1897) Northern Long-eared Bat Trogloxene G2 NT ESA AL, AR, FL, GA, IL, KY, OK, PA, TN, VA
Myotis sodalis Miller & G. M. Allen, 1928 Cluster Bat Trogloxene G2 NT ESA AL, AR, FL, GA, IL, KY, PA, TN, VA
Myotis velifer (J. A. Allen, 1890) Cave Myotis Trogloxene G4 LC
Nycticeius humeralis (Rafinesque, 1818) Evening Bat Trogloxene G5 LC AL, AR, KY
Perimyotis subflavus (F. Cuvier, 1832) Tricolored Bat Trogloxene G3 VU AL, AR, CT, FL, GA, IL, IN, KS, KY, MA, MO, MS, NC, NJ, NY, OH, OK, ON, PA, TN, TX, VA, WI, WV

Cave Biology Data Portal

Species accounts, distributions, and conservation status for the subterranean fauna of North America and around the globe, with resources for the cave and karst research community.

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