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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