SUPERORDER ARCHONTA

ORDER CHIROPTERA

Superorder ArchontaOrder ChiropteraSuborder MegachiropteraFamily Pteropodidae

Superorder ArchontaOrder ChiropteraSuborder MicrochiropteraFamily Noctilionidae

Noctilio leporinus• Orange color• Large feet with big claws for catching fish• Piscivorous• Big uropatagium• Large, narrow ears• Wide rostrum• Large sagittal crest

Superorder ArchontaOrder ChiropteraSuborder MicrochiropteraFamily Mormoopidae

Mormoops megalophylla• Short and upturned rostrum

Superorder ArchontaOrder ChiropteraSuborder MicrochiropteraFamily Mormoopidae

Pteronotus parnellii• Tail on top of uropatagium;

not connected at end• Longer rostrum, flatter skull• Light brown; lighter behind head

Superorder ArchontaOrder ChiropteraSuborder MicrochiropteraFamily PhyllostomidaeSubfamily Desmodontinae

Desmodus rotundus• Very small uropatagium• I and C are enlarged and blade-like• Sanguinivory

Superorder ArchontaOrder ChiropteraSuborder MicrochiropteraFamily PhyllostomidaeSubfamily Phyllostominae

Macrotus• Hair light at base, dark at tips• HUGE ears• Insectivory

Superorder ArchontaOrder ChiropteraSuborder MicrochiropteraFamily PhyllostomidaeSubfamily Phyllostominae

Vampyrum• Large sagittal crest• Large bat • Large ears• Small U shape

in uropatagium• Carnivory

Superorder ArchontaOrder ChiropteraSuborder MicrochiropteraFamily PhyllostomidaeSubfamily Glossophaginae

Glossophaga soricina• Leaf shaped skin flap on nose• Nectivory

Superorder ArchontaOrder ChiropteraSuborder MicrochiropteraFamily PhyllostomidaeSubfamily Stenodermatinae

Sturnira•Frugivorous

•No uropatagium

•No tail

Superorder ArchontaOrder ChiropteraSuborder MicrochiropteraFamily PhyllostomidaeSubfamily Stenodermatinae

Artibeus• Two white stripes on face• Large bat• Inverted U-shaped uropatagium• Short, heavy rostrum• Frugivorous

Superorder ArchontaOrder ChiropteraSuborder MicrochiropteraFamily PhyllostomidaeSubfamily Stenodermatinae

Uroderma• White line down back• Two facial stripes• Frugivorous

Superorder ArchontaOrder ChiropteraSuborder MicrochiropteraFamily PhyllostomidaeSubfamily Carollinae

• Zygomatic arch incomplete• Frugivorous

Superorder ArchontaOrder ChiropteraSuborder MicrochiropteraFamily Molossidae

Tadarida brasiliensis• Large, forward-facing ears,

almost connected in middle• Wide rostrum• Tail extends beyond uropatagium• Small hairs on hind feet

Superorder ArchontaOrder ChiropteraSuborder MicrochiropteraFamily Molossidae

Eumops perotis• Skull relatively broad and heavy• Large bat-about 7 inches• Huge forward-facing ears that

connect in middle

Superorder ArchontaOrder ChiropteraSuborder MicrochiropteraFamily Natalidae

Natalus• Uropatagium longer than length

of body• Tail extends to the end of the

uropatagium• Rostrum slants upward

Superorder ArchontaOrder ChiropteraSuborder MicrochiropteraFamily Vespertilionidae

Myotis yumanensis• Long and pointed tragus• Premolars 3/3• Total # teeth =38

Superorder ArchontaOrder ChiropteraSuborder MicrochiropteraFamily Vespertilionidae

Myotis velifer• Paler than M. yumanensis

and M. thysanodes

Superorder ArchontaOrder ChiropteraSuborder MicrochiropteraFamily Vespertilionidae

Myotis thysanodes• Reddish-brown• Fringe of hairs on the uropatagium• Pointed tragus• 2/3, 1/1, 3/3, 3/3 =38

Superorder ArchontaOrder ChiropteraSuborder MicrochiropteraFamily Vespertilionidae

Pipistrellus hesperus• Short, blunt tragus• First upper I has well-developed

secondary cusp• 2/3, 1/1, 2/2, 3/3

Superorder ArchontaOrder ChiropteraSuborder MicrochiropteraFamily Vespertilionidae

Pipistrellus subflavus• Long, slender tragus• Dark wings with leading edge of • wing and uropatagium lighter• Some hair on top of uropatagium• Hairs = tricolored

Superorder ArchontaOrder ChiropteraSuborder MicrochiropteraFamily Vespertilionidae

Eptesicus fuscus• Similar to P. hesperus• More golden/reddish• Longer hair• Bigger in size• Black face, ears, wings and

urapatagium

Superorder ArchontaOrder ChiropteraSuborder MicrochiropteraFamily Vespertilionidae

Lasiurus borealis• Reddish-orange color• Black wings• Whitish color along sides of

neck• Skull

– Short, wide rostrum

– Larger gap between upper I

• Uropatagium fully furred

Superorder ArchontaOrder ChiropteraSuborder MicrochiropteraFamily Vespertilionidae

Lasiurus cinereus• Uropatagium furred• Black wings• Overall frosted appearance• Tip of ear black with white

on outside edge• Short, blunt tragus

Superorder ArchontaOrder ChiropteraSuborder MicrochiropteraFamily Vespertilionidae

Nycticeius humeralis• Small, brown bat• Darker ears and wings

Superorder ArchontaOrder ChiropteraSuborder MicrochiropteraFamily Vespertilionidae

Plecotus rafinesquii• Huge ears• Dark brown dorsally

and white ventrally• Long hair

– Dark brown

– Roots darker than tips

Superorder ArchontaOrder ChiropteraSuborder MicrochiropteraFamily Vespertilionidae

Lasionycteris noctivagans• Stout rostrum• Some hair on uropatagium• Silver-tipped hair on back

Superorder ArchontaOrder ChiropteraSuborder MicrochiropteraFamily Vespertilionidae

Antrozous pallidus• Huge ears, light colored• Darker wings• Creamy white dorsum