page_title: List of mammals of the United States
section_title: Order: Chiroptera (bats)
hierarchical_section_title: List of mammals of the United States / Subclass: Theria / Infraclass: Eutheria / Order: Chiroptera (bats)
caption_attribution_description: Mormoops megalophylla
context_page_description: About 490 species of mammals are recorded in the United States. This list is probably incomplete. Unincorporated territories like for example Puerto Rico, Guam or Northern Mariana Islands are not covered. Mammals introduced and extinct in the Holocene except Pleistocene/Holocene boundary are included.
  According to the IUCN Red List 3 of these species are critically endangered, 20 endangered, 15 vulnerable, 20 near threatened and 4 extinct.
  Some species are identified as indicated below:
  - Accidental
  - Extinct
  - Extirpated
  (I) - Introduced
  The following tags are used to highlight each species' conservation status as assessed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature:
  and the Endangered Species Act:
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: Vespertilionidae
  Subfamily: Myotinae
  Silver-haired bat, Lasionycteris noctivagans  LC
  Southwestern myotis, Myotis auriculus   LC
  Southeastern myotis, Myotis austroriparius  LC
  California myotis, Myotis californicus  LC
  Western small-footed myotis, Myotis ciliolabrum  LC
  Long-eared myotis, Myotis evotis  LC
  Gray bat, Myotis grisescens  NT E
  Keen's myotis, Myotis keenii  LC
  Eastern small-footed myotis, Myotis leibii  LC
  Little brown bat, Myotis lucifugus  LC
  Dark-nosed small-footed myotis, Myotis melanorhinus  LC
  Arizona myotis, Myotis occultus  LC
  Northern long-eared myotis, Myotis septentrionalis  LC
  Indiana bat, Myotis sodalis  EN E
  Fringed myotis, Myotis thysanodes  LC
  Cave myotis, Myotis velifer  LC
  Long-legged myotis, Myotis volans  LC
  Yuma myotis, Myotis yumanensis  LC
  Subfamily: Vespertilioninae
  Pallid bat, Antrozous pallidus  LC
  Big brown bat, Eptesicus fuscus  LC
  Spotted bat, Euderma maculatum  LC
  Allen's big-eared bat, Idionycteris phyllotis  LC
  Western red bat, Lasiurus blossevillii  LC
  Eastern red bat, Lasiurus borealis  LC
  Hoary bat, Lasiurus cinereus  LC (Hawaiian hoary bat, L. c. semotus: E)
  Southern yellow bat, Lasiurus ega  LC
  Northern yellow bat, Lasiurus intermedius  LC
  Seminole bat, Lasiurus seminolus  LC
  Western yellow bat, Lasiurus xanthinus  LC
  Evening bat, Nycticeius humeralis  LC
  Western pipistrelle, Pipistrellus hesperus  LC
  Eastern pipistrelle, Pipistrellus subflavus  LC
  Rafinesque's big-eared bat, Plecotus rafinesquii  LC
  Townsend's big-eared bat, Plecotus townsendii  LC
  (ssp. virginianus and ingens: E)
  Family: Molossidae
  Wagner's bonneted bat, Eumops glaucinus  LC
  Florida bonneted bat, Eumops floridanus  CR E (formerly in Eumops glaucinus)
  Western mastiff bat, Eumops perotis  LC
  Underwood's bonneted bat, Eumops underwoodi  LC
  Velvety free-tailed bat, Molossus molossus  LC
  Pocketed free-tailed bat, Nyctinomops femorosaccus  LC
  Big free-tailed bat, Nyctinomops macrotis  LC
  Mexican free-tailed bat, Tadarida brasiliensis  LC
  Family: Mormoopidae
  Ghost-faced bat, Mormoops megalophylla  LC
  Family: Phyllostomidae
  Subfamily: Phyllostominae
  California leaf-nosed bat, Macrotus californicus  LC
  Subfamily: Glossophaginae
  Mexican long-tongued bat, Choeronycteris mexicana  NT
  Lesser long-nosed bat, Leptonycteris yerbabuenae  VU (Leptonycteris curasoae yerbabuenae: E)
  Greater long-nosed bat, Leptonycteris nivalis  EN E
  Subfamily: Stenodermatinae
  Velvety fruit-eating bat, Enchisthenes hartii  LC
  Subfamily: Desmodontinae
  Hairy-legged vampire bat, Diphylla ecaudata  LC
caption: Ghost-faced bat
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