THE NATURAL-HISTORY CATALOGUE
A branch of the living world.
110,000 accepted animal species, linked through classification, synonyms, distributions and source literature.
These attributed records come from Catalogue of Life, 2026-09-11. Detail varies; they are not all fully researched, illustrated articles. Browse researched folklore and fiction.
Matches documented source distribution records. Geographic coverage is incomplete.
Family: Vespertilionidae · Clear filter
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Peninsular MyotisMyotis (Pizonyx) peninsularis Miller, 1898 | VespertilionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Flat-headed MyotisMyotis (Pizonyx) planiceps Baker, 1955 | VespertilionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Riparian MyotisMyotis (Pizonyx) riparius Handley, 1960 | VespertilionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Red MyotisMyotis (Pizonyx) ruber (E. Geoffroy, 1806) | VespertilionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Northern BatMyotis (Pizonyx) septentrionalis (Trouessart, 1897) | VespertilionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Siberian Whiskered MyotisMyotis (Pizonyx) sibiricus Kastschenko, 1905 | VespertilionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Velvety MyotisMyotis (Pizonyx) simus Thomas, 1901 | VespertilionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Cluster BatMyotis (Pizonyx) sodalis Miller & G. M. Allen, 1928 | VespertilionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Fringed MyotisMyotis (Pizonyx) thysanodes Miller, 1897 | VespertilionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Cave MyotisMyotis (Pizonyx) velifer (J. A. Allen, 1890) | VespertilionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Fish-eating BatMyotis (Pizonyx) vivesi Menegaux, 1901 | VespertilionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Long-legged MyotisMyotis (Pizonyx) volans (H. Allen, 1866) | VespertilionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Yuma MyotisMyotis (Pizonyx) yumanensis (H. Allen, 1864) | VespertilionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Guinean SerotineNeoromicia guineensis (Bocage, 1889) | VespertilionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Somali SerotineNeoromicia somalica (Thomas, 1901) | VespertilionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Aloe BatNeoromicia zuluensis (Roberts, 1924) | VespertilionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Bird-like NoctuleNyctalus aviator (Thomas, 1911) | VespertilionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Azorean BatNyctalus azoreum (Thomas, 1901) | VespertilionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Japanese Lesser NoctuleNyctalus furvus Imaizumi & Yoshiyuki, 1968 | VespertilionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Giant NoctuleNyctalus lasiopterus (Schreber, 1780) | VespertilionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Leisler's NoctuleNyctalus leisleri (Kuhl, 1817) | VespertilionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Himalayan NoctuleNyctalus montanus (Barrett-Hamilton, 1906) | VespertilionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Common NoctuleNyctalus noctula (Schreber, 1774) | VespertilionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Chinese NoctuleNyctalus plancyi (Gerbe, 1880) | VespertilionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Broad-headed PipistrelleNycticeinops crassulus (Thomas, 1904) | VespertilionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Large Headed PipistrelleNycticeinops macrocephalus (Hutterer & Peterhans, 2019) | VespertilionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Schlieffen's BatNycticeinops schlieffenii (Peters, 1859) | VespertilionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Temminck's Mysterious BatNycticeius aenobarbus (Temminck, 1840) | VespertilionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Cuban Evening BatNycticeius cubanus (Gundlach, 1861) | VespertilionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Evening BatNycticeius humeralis (Rafinesque, 1818) | VespertilionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Arnhem Long-eared BatNyctophilus arnhemensis Johnson, 1959 | VespertilionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Bifax Long-eared BatNyctophilus bifax Thomas, 1915 | VespertilionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Corben's Long-eared BatNyctophilus corbeni Parnaby, 2009 | VespertilionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Artful Long-eared BatNyctophilus daedalus Thomas, 1915 | VespertilionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Lesser Long-eared BatNyctophilus geoffroyi Leach, 1821 | VespertilionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Gould's Long-eared BatNyctophilus gouldi Tomes, 1858 | VespertilionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Sunda long-eared batNyctophilus heran Kitchener, How & Maharadatunkamsi, 1991 | VespertilionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Lord Howe Island Long-eared BatNyctophilus howensis McKean, 1975 | VespertilionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Greater Long-eared BatNyctophilus major Gray, 1844 | VespertilionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Small-toothed Long-eared BatNyctophilus microdon Laurie & Hill, 1954 | VespertilionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| New Guinea Long-eared BatNyctophilus microtis Thomas, 1888 | VespertilionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| New Caledonian Long-eared BatNyctophilus nebulosus Parnaby, 2002 | VespertilionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Tasmania Long-eared BatNyctophilus sherrini Thomas, 1915 | VespertilionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Mount Missim Long-eared BatNyctophilus shirleyae Parnaby, 2009 | VespertilionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Pygmy Long-eared BatNyctophilus walkeri Thomas, 1892 | VespertilionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Common Desert Long-eared BatOtonycteris hemprichii Peters, 1859 | VespertilionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Eastern Desert Long-eared BatOtonycteris leucophaea (Severcov, 1873) | VespertilionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Canyon BatParastrellus hesperus (H. Allen, 1864) | VespertilionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Tricolored BatPerimyotis subflavus (F. Cuvier, 1832) | VespertilionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| New Guinea big-eared batPharotis imogene Thomas, 1914 | VespertilionidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Source and selection
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Pape, T., Hobern, D., Garnett, S., Little, H., DeWalt, R. E., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Aedo, C., Aescht, E., et al. (2026). Catalogue of Life (Version 2026-09-11). Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgz5n
First records in source order under phylum quotas, then source-order overflow if a quota is short. This is a selective snapshot. Source name strings can include author names, which are also searchable.