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Did You Know...

... tiny woolly bats in West Africa live in the large webs of colonial spiders.

All About Bats

Species Profiles

There are forty-seven kinds of bats living in the United States, representing four distinct groups, including the ghost-faced, leaf-nosed, vesper bat, and free-tailed families. Since common names can change between regions, scientists have given each bat a distinct two-part Latin name, designating the genus and species. Below, you can sort and show North American bats by State/Province or Family Group. The common names are also listed for your convenience.

4 Families: Ghost-Faced Bats, Leaf-Nosed Bats, Vesper Bats, & Free-Tailed Bats

Show Bats in:

and in Family:

Species	Description
Artibeus jamaicensis	Jamaican Fruit-Eating Bat
Macrotus californicus	California leaf-nosed bat
Leptonycteris yerbabuenae	The lesser long-nosed bat
Choeronycteris mexicana	Mexican Long-Tongued Bat
Mormoops megalophylla	Peters's Ghost Faced Bat
Leptonycteris nivalis	Mexican long-nosed bat
Antrozous pallidus	Pallid bat
Corynorhinus rafinesquii	Rafinesque's big-eared bat