page_title: List of mammals of Cuba
section_title: Order: Chiroptera (bats)
hierarchical_section_title: List of mammals of Cuba / Subclass: Theria / Infraclass: Eutheria / Order: Chiroptera (bats)
caption_attribution_description: Tadarida brasiliensis
context_page_description: This is a list of the mammal species recorded in Cuba. Of the mammal species in Cuba, five of the species listed are considered to be extinct.
  The following tags are used to highlight each species' conservation status as assessed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature:
context_section_description: The bats' most distinguishing feature is that their forelimbs are developed as wings, making them the only mammals capable of flight. Bat species account for about 20% of all mammals.
  Family: Noctilionidae
  Genus: Noctilio
  Greater bulldog bat, Noctilio leporinus LC
  Family: Vespertilionidae
  Subfamily: Vespertilioninae
  Genus: Antrozous
  Pallid bat, Antrozous pallidus LC
  Genus: Eptesicus
  Big brown bat, Eptesicus fuscus LC
  Genus: Lasiurus
  Eastern red bat, Lasiurus borealis LC
  Family: Molossidae
  Genus: Eumops
  Wagner's bonneted bat, Eumops glaucinus LC
  Genus: Mormopterus
  Little goblin bat, Mormopterus minutus VU
  Genus: Nyctinomops
  Broad-eared bat, Nyctinomops laticaudatus LC
  Big free-tailed bat, Nyctinomops macrotis LC
  Genus: Tadarida
  Mexican free-tailed bat, Tadarida brasiliensis LC
  Family: Mormoopidae
  Genus: Mormoops
  Antillean ghost-faced bat, Mormoops blainvillii LC
  Genus: Pteronotus
  Macleay's mustached bat, Pteronotus macleayii LC
  Parnell's mustached bat, Pteronotus parnellii LC
  Sooty mustached bat, Pteronotus quadridens LC
  Family: Phyllostomidae
  Subfamily: Phyllostominae
  Genus: Macrotus
  Waterhouse's leaf-nosed bat, Macrotus waterhousii LC
  Subfamily: Brachyphyllinae
  Genus: Brachyphylla
  Cuban fruit-eating bat, Brachyphylla nana LC
  Subfamily: Phyllonycterinae
  Genus: Erophylla
  Buffy flower bat, Erophylla sezekorni LC
  Genus: Phyllonycteris
  Cuban flower bat, Phyllonycteris poeyi LC
  Subfamily: Glossophaginae
  Genus: Monophyllus
  Leach's single leaf bat, Monophyllus redmani LC
  Subfamily: Stenodermatinae
  Genus: Artibeus
  Jamaican fruit bat, Artibeus jamaicensis LC
  Genus: Phyllops
  Cuban fig-eating bat, Phyllops falcatus LC
  Family: Natalidae
  Genus: Chilonatalus
  Cuban funnel-eared bat, Chilonatalus micropus NT
  Genus: Nyctiellus
  Gervais's funnel-eared bat, Nyctiellus lepidus LC
caption: Mexican free-tailed bats
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