BRAZIL’S FAUNA
(Page prepared by a nature’s observer)

Bats
Order Chiroptera

   Brazil's Species

    As there is in a list of the Workshop about bat conservation and in some sites, among them EMBRAPA, Brazil has 138 identified bats species, which list follows bellow:
     PS: Click on the species that are linked for seeing some photos.

  Family Emballonuridae (Sheath-twice Bat)
  Centronycteris maximiliani (Fischer, 1829)
   Cormura brevirostris (Wagner, 1843)
   Cyttarops alecto (Thomas, 1913)
  Diclidurus albus (Wied-Neuwvied, 1820)
  Diclidurus isabellus (Thomas, 1920)
  Diclidurus scutatus (Peters, 1869)
   Diclidurus ingens (Hernandez-Camacho, 1955)
  Peropteryx kappleri (Peters, 1867)
  Peropteryx leucopterus (Peters, 1867)
  Peropteryx macrotis (Wagner, 1843)
  Rhynchonycteris naso (Wied-Neuwied, 1820)
  Saccopteryx canescens (Thomas, 1901)
  Saccopteryx bilineata (Temminck, 1838)
  Saccopteryx gymnura (Thomas, 1901)
  Saccopteryx leptura (Schreber, 1774)

  Family Mormoopidae (Leaf-chinned, Moustached and Naked-backed Bat)
  Pteronotus gymnonotus (Natterer, 1843)
   Pteronotus parnellii (Gray, 1843)
  Pteronotus personatus (Wagner, 1843)

  Family Noctilionidae (Fishing Bat)
  Noctilio albiventris (Desmarest, 1818)
  Noctilio leporinus (Linnaeus, 1758)

  Family Phyllostomidae (Leaf-nosed Bat)

  Subfamily Phyllostominae (Spear-nosed Bat)
  Chrotopterus auritus (Peters, 1856)
   Lonchorhina aurita (Tomes, 1863)
  Macrophyllum macrophyllum (Schinz, 1821)
  Micronycteris behnii (Peters, 1865)
  Micronycteris brachyotis (Dobson, 1879)
  Micronycteris hirsuta (Peters, 1869)
  Micronycteris megalotis (Gray, 1842)
  Micronycteris minuta (Gervais, 1856)
  Micronycteris nicefori (Sanborn, 1949)
  Micronycteris pusilla (Sanborn, 1949)
   Micronycteris schmidtorum (Sanborn, 1935)
  Micronycteris sylvestris (Thomas, 1896)
  Mimon bennettii (Gray, 1838)
  Mimon crenulatum (E. Geoffroy, 1810)
  Phylloderma stenops (Peters, 1865)
  Phyllostomus discolor (Wagner, 1843)
  Phyllostomus elongatus (E. Geoffroy, 1810)
  Phyllostomus hastatus (Pallas, 1767) - Foto
  Tonatia bidens (Spix, 1823)
   Tonatia brasiliense (Peters, 1866)
  Tonatia carrikeri (J. A. Allen, 1910)
  Tonatia schulzi (Genoways & Williams, 1980)
   Tonatia silvicola (d´Orbigny, 1836)
  Tonatia saurophila (Koopman & Williams, 1951)
  Trachops cirrhosus (Spix, 1823)
   Vampyrum spectrum (Linnaeus, 1758)

  Subfamily Lonchophyllinae
  Lionycteris spurrlli (Thomas, 1913)
  Lonchophylla bokermanni (Sazima et al., 1978)
  Lonchophylla dekeyseri (Taddei et al., 1983)
  Lonchophylla mordax (Thomas, 1903)
  Lonchophylla thomasi (J. A. Allen, 1904)

  Subfamily Glossophaginae (Nectar-feeding or Long-tongued Bat)
  Anoura caudifer (E. Geoffroy, 1818)- Foto
  Anoura geoffroyi (Gray, 1838)
  Choeroniscus intermedius (J.A.Allen & Chapman, 1893)
  Choeroniscus minor (Peters, 1868)
  Glossophaga commissarisi (Gardner, 1962)
  Glossophaga longirostris (Miller, 1898)
   Glossophaga soricina (Pallas, 1766)
  Lichonycteris obscura (Thomas, 1895)
  Scleronycteris ega (Thomas, 1912)

  Subfamily Carollinae (Short-tailed and Little-fruit Bat)
  Carollia brevicauda (Schinz, 1821)
  Carollia castanea (H. Allen, 1890)
  Carollia perspicillata (Linnaeus, 1758)
  Rhinophylla fischerae (Carter, 1966)
   Rhinophylla pumilio (Peters, 1865)

  Subfamily Stenodermatinae (Neotropical Fruit Bat)
  Ametrida centurio (Gray, 1847)
  Artibeus anderseni (Osgood, 1916)
  Artibeus cinereus (Gervais, 1856)
  Artibeus concolor (Peters, 1865)
  Artibeus fimbriatus (Gray, 1838)
  Artibeus gnomus (Thomas, 1893)
  Artibeus jamaicensis (Leach, 1821)
  Artibeus lituratus (Olfers, 1818)
  Artibeus obscurus (Schinz, 1821)
  Artibeus planirostris (Spix, 1823)
  Chiroderma doriae (Thomas, 1891)
  Chiroderma trinitatum (Goodwin, 1958)
  Chiroderma villosum (Peters, 1860)
  Mesophylla maconnelli (Thomas, 1901)
   Platyrrhinus brachycephalus (Rouk & Carter, 1972)
  Platyrrhinus helleri (Peters, 1866)
   Platyrrhinus infuscus (Peters, 1880)
  Platyrrhinus lineatus (E. Geoffroy, 1810) - Foto
  Platyrrhinus recifinus (Thomas, 1901)
  Pygoderma bilabiatum (Wagner, 1843)
  Sphaeronycteris toxophyllum (Peters, 1882)
  Sturnira bidens (Thomas, 1915)
  Sturnira lilium (E. Geoffroy, 1810) - Foto
  Sturnira tildae (de la Torre, 1959)
  Uroderma bilobatum (Peters, 1866)
  Uroderma magnirostrum (Davis, 1968)
  Vampyressa bidens (Dobson, 1878)
  Vampyressa brocki (Peterson, 1968)
  Vampyressa pusilla (Wagner, 1843)
  Vampyrodes caraccioli (Thomas, 1889)

  Subfamily Desmodontinae (Vampire Bats)
  Desmodus rotundus (E. Geoffroy, 1810)
  Diaemus youngi (Jentink,1893)
  Diphylla ecaudata (Spix, 1823)

  Family Natalidae (Funnel-ened Bats)
  Natalus stramineus (Gray, 1838)

  Family Furipteridae (Thumbless Bats)
   Furipterus horrens (F. Cuvier, 1828)

  Family Thyropteridae (Sucker-looted Bats)
  Thyroptera discifera (Lichtenstein & Peters, 1855)
  Thyroptera tricolor (Spix, 1823)

  Family Vespertilionidae (Vespertolimid Bats)

  Subfamily Vespertilioninae
  Eptesicus brasiliensis (Desmarest, 1819)
  Eptesicus diminutus (Osgood, 1915)
  Eptesicus furinalis (d´Orbigny, 1847)
  Histiotus alienus (Thomas, 1916)
  Histiotus montanus (Philippi & Lanbeck, 1861)
 Histiotus velatus (I. Geoffroy, 1824)
  Lasiurus borealis (Muller, 1776)
  Lasiurus cinereus (Beauvois, 1796) - Foto
  Lasiurus ebenus (Fazzolari-Corrêa, 1994)
  Lasiurus ega (Gervais, 1856)
  Lasiurus egregius (Peters, 1870)
  Myotis albescens (E. Geoffroy, 1906)
  Myotis levis (I. Geoffroy, 1824)
   Myotis nigricans (Schinz, 1821)
  Myotis riparius (Handley, 1960)
  Myotis ruber (E. Geoffroy, 1806)
   Myotis simus (Thomas, 1901)
  Rogheessa tumida (H. Allen, 1866)

  Family Molossidae (Free-tailed or Mastiff Bats)
  Eumops auripendulus (Schaw, 1800)
  Eumops bonariensis (Peters, 1874)
   Eumops glaucinus (Wagner, 1843)
  Eumops hansae (Sanborn, 1932)
  Eumops perotis (Schinz, 1821)
  Molossops abrasus (Temminck, 1827)
  Molossops greenhalli (Goodwin, 1958)
  Molossops mattogrossensis (Vieira, 1942)
  Molossops neglectus (Williams & Genoways, 1980)
  Molossops planirostris (Peters, 1865)
  Molossops temminckii (Burmeister, 1854)
  Molossus ater (E. Geoffroy, 1905)
  Molossus molossus (Pallas, 1766) - Foto
   Nyctinomops aurispinosus (Peale, 1848)
  Nyctinomops laticaudatus (E. Geoffroy, 1805)
  Nyctinomops macrotis (Gray, 1840)
  Promops nasutus (Spix, 1823)
  Tadarida brasiliensis (I. Geoffroy, 1824)

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