page_title: List of mammals of Mexico
section_title: Order: Chiroptera (bats)
hierarchical_section_title: List of mammals of Mexico / Subclass: Theria / Infraclass: Eutheria / Superorder: Laurasiatheria / Order: Chiroptera (bats)
caption_attribution_description: English: Hairy-legged vampire bat, Diphylla ecaudata, captured in Mexico
context_page_description: This is a list of the native wild mammal species recorded in Mexico. As of September 2014, there were 536 mammalian species or subspecies listed. Based on IUCN data, Mexico has 23% more noncetacean mammal species than the U.S. and Canada combined in an area only 10% as large, or a species density over 12 times that of its northern neighbors. Mexico's high mammal biodiversity is in part a reflection of the wide array of biomes present over its latitudinal, climatic and altitudinal ranges, from lowland tropical rainforest to temperate desert to montane forest to alpine tundra. The general increase in terrestrial biodiversity moving towards the equator is another important factor in the comparison. Mexico includes much of the Mesoamerican and Madrean pine-oak woodlands biodiversity hotspots. From a biogeographic standpoint, most of Mexico is linked to the rest of North America as part of the Nearctic realm. However, the lowlands of southern Mexico are linked with Central America and South America as part of the Neotropical realm.
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
  Lesser bulldog bat, Noctilio albiventris LC
  Greater bulldog bat, Noctilio leporinus LC
  Family: Vespertilionidae
  Subfamily: Myotinae
  Genus: Lasionycteris
  Silver-haired bat, Lasionycteris noctivagans LC
  Genus: Myotis
  Silver-tipped myotis, Myotis albescens LC
  Southwestern myotis, Myotis auriculus LC
  California myotis, Myotis californicus LC
  Western small-footed myotis, Myotis ciliolabrum LC
  Elegant myotis, Myotis elegans LC
  Long-eared myotis, Myotis evotis LC
  Findley's myotis, Myotis findleyi EN
  Cinnamon myotis, Myotis fortidens LC
  Hairy-legged myotis, Myotis keaysi LC
  Little brown bat, Myotis lucifugus LC
  Dark-nosed small-footed myotis, Myotis melanorhinus LC
  Black myotis, Myotis nigricans LC
  Arizona myotis, Myotis occultus LC
  Peninsular myotis, Myotis peninsularis EN
  Flat-headed myotis, Myotis planiceps EN
  Fringed myotis, Myotis thysanodes LC
  Cave myotis, Myotis velifer LC
  Fish-eating bat, Myotis vivesi VU
  Long-legged myotis, Myotis volans LC
  Yuma myotis, Myotis yumanensis LC
  Subfamily: Vespertilioninae
  Genus: Antrozous
  Pallid bat, Antrozous pallidus LC
  Genus: Bauerus
  Van Gelder's bat, Bauerus dubiaquercus NT
  Genus: Corynorhinus
  Mexican big-eared bat, Corynorhinus mexicanus NT
  Townsend's big-eared bat, Corynorhinus townsendii LC
  Genus: Eptesicus
  Brazilian brown bat, Eptesicus brasiliensis LC
  Argentine brown bat, Eptesicus furinalis LC
  Big brown bat, Eptesicus fuscus LC
  Genus: Euderma
  Spotted bat, Euderma maculatum LC
  Genus: Idionycteris
  Allen's big-eared bat, Idionycteris phyllotis LC
  Genus: Lasiurus
  Desert red bat, Lasiurus blossevillii LC
  Eastern red bat, Lasiurus borealis LC
  Hoary bat, Lasiurus cinereus LC
  Southern yellow bat, Lasiurus ega LC
  Northern yellow bat, Lasiurus intermedius LC
  Seminole bat, Lasiurus seminolus LC
  Western yellow bat, Lasiurus xanthinus LC
  Genus: Nycticeius
  Evening bat, Nycticeius humeralis LC
  Genus: Pipistrellus
  Western pipistrelle, Pipistrellus hesperus LC
  Eastern pipistrelle, Pipistrellus subflavus LC
  Genus: Rhogeessa
  Yucatan yellow bat, Rhogeessa aeneus LC
  Allen's yellow bat, Rhogeessa alleni LC
  Genoways's yellow bat, Rhogeessa genowaysi EN
  Slender yellow bat, Rhogeessa gracilis LC
  Least yellow bat, Rhogeessa mira VU
  Little yellow bat, Rhogeessa parvula LC
  Black-winged little yellow bat, Rhogeessa tumida LC
  Family: Molossidae
  Genus: Cynomops
  Mexican dog-faced bat, Cynomops mexicanus LC
  Genus: Eumops
  Black bonneted bat, Eumops auripendulus LC
  Dwarf bonneted bat, Eumops bonariensis LC
  Wagner's bonneted bat, Eumops glaucinus LC
  Sanborn's bonneted bat, Eumops hansae LC
  Western mastiff bat, Eumops perotis LC
  Underwood's bonneted bat, Eumops underwoodi LC
  Genus: Molossus
  Aztec mastiff bat, Molossus aztecus LC
  Coiban mastiff bat, Molossus coibensis LC
  Velvety free-tailed bat, Molossus molossus LC
  Miller's mastiff bat, Molossus pretiosus LC
  Black mastiff bat, Molossus rufus LC
  Sinaloan mastiff bat, Molossus sinaloae LC
  Genus: Nyctinomops
  Peale's free-tailed bat, Nyctinomops aurispinosus LC
  Pocketed free-tailed bat, Nyctinomops femorosaccus LC
  Broad-eared bat, Nyctinomops laticaudatus LC
  Big free-tailed bat, Nyctinomops macrotis LC
  Genus: Promops
  Big crested mastiff bat, Promops centralis LC
  Genus: Tadarida
  Mexican free-tailed bat, Tadarida brasiliensis LC
  Family: Emballonuridae
  Genus: Balantiopteryx
  Thomas's sac-winged bat, Balantiopteryx io VU
  Gray sac-winged bat, Balantiopteryx plicata LC
  Genus: Centronycteris
  Thomas's shaggy bat, Centronycteris centralis LC
  Genus: Diclidurus
  Northern ghost bat, Diclidurus albus LC
  Genus: Peropteryx
  Greater dog-like bat, Peropteryx kappleri LC
  Lesser doglike bat, Peropteryx macrotis LC
  Genus: Rhynchonycteris
  Proboscis bat, Rhynchonycteris naso LC
  Genus: Saccopteryx
  Greater sac-winged bat, Saccopteryx bilineata LC
  Lesser sac-winged bat, Saccopteryx leptura LC
  Family: Mormoopidae
  Genus: Mormoops
  Ghost-faced bat, Mormoops megalophylla LC
  Genus: Pter
caption: Hairy-legged vampire bat
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