The Zoochat Photographic Guide to Bats

Family PHYLLOSTOMIDAE
New World Leaf-nosed Bats

About 210 species in about 57 genera.

There are 44 species from 29 genera represented in the Zoochat galleries.


The family is divided into (at least) seven subfamilies, which I have listed below with their component genera.


Brachyphyllinae
Cuban and Antillean Fruit-eating Bats

Two species in a single genus: Brachyphylla

One species is represented in the Zoochat galleries.


Carolliinae
Short-tailed Fruit Bats

Eleven species in two genera: Carollia, Rhinophylla

Three species are represented in the Zoochat galleries, all from the genus Carollia.


Desmodontinae
Vampire Bats

Three species in three genera: Desmodus, Diaemus, Diphylla

Two species are represented in the Zoochat galleries, from the genera Desmodus and Diaemus.


Glossophaginae
Long-tongued and Long-nosed Bats

About 45 species in fourteen genera: Anoura, Choeroniscus, Choeronycteris, Glossophaga, Hylonycteris, Leptonycteris, Lichonycteris, Lionycteris, Lonchophylla, Monophyllus, Musonycteris, Platalina, Scleronycteris, Xeronycteris

There are eight species in the Zoochat galleries, representing five genera: Anoura, Glossophaga, Hylonycteris, Leptonycteris, Lonchophylla.


Phyllonycterinae
Caribbean Flower Bats

Four species in two genera: Erophylla, Phyllonycteris

Two species are represented in the Zoochat galleries, both from the genus Erophylla.


Phyllostominae
Big-eared Bats, Spear-nosed Bats, False Vampire Bats, etc

About 45 species in sixteen genera: Chrotopterus, Glyphonycteris, Lampronycteris, Lonchorhina, Lophostoma, Macrophyllum, Macrotus, Micronycteris, Mimon, Neonycteris, Phylloderma, Phyllostomus, Tonatia, Trachops, Trinycteris, Vampyrum

There are twelve species in the Zoochat galleries (with one species depicted only as a museum specimen), representing nine genera: Chrotopterus, Glyphonycteris, Lonchorhina, Lophostoma, Macrotus, Micronycteris, Phyllostomus, Tonatia, Trachops.


Stenodermatinae
Fruit-eating Bats and Tent-making Bats

About 100 species in nineteen genera: Ametrida, Ardops, Ariteus, Artibeus, Centurio, Chiroderma, Ectophylla, Enchisthenes, Mesophylla, Phyllops, Platyrrhinus, Pygoderma, Sphaeronycteris, Stenoderma, Sturnira, Uroderma, Vampyressa, Vampyriscus, Vampyrodes

There are sixteen species in the Zoochat galleries, representing ten genera: Artibeus, Chiroderma, Ectophylla, Mesophylla, Platyrrhinus, Sturnira, Uroderma, Vampyressa, Vampyriscus, Vampyrodes.

 

Subfamily BRACHYPHYLLINAE
Two species in a single genus: Brachyphylla



Brachyphylla
Two species, one of which is represented in the Zoochat galleries.


Cuban Fruit-eating Bat Brachyphylla nana
Monotypic. pumila is a synonym of nana.


Photo by @Najade in the wild, Dominican Republic


https://www.zoochat.com/community/media/cuban-fruit-eating-bat-brachyphylla-nana-pumila.686652/



The other species in the genus is the Antillean Fruit-eating Bat Brachyphylla cavernarum

 

Subfamily CAROLLINAE
Eleven species in two genera: Carollia, Rhinophylla

Three species are represented in the Zoochat galleries, all from the genus Carollia.


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Carollia
Eight species, three of which are represented in the Zoochat galleries.



Chestnut Short-tailed Fruit Bat Carollia castanea
Monotypic


Photo by @Najade in the wild, Costa Rica


https://www.zoochat.com/community/media/chestnut-short-tailed-bat-carollia-castanea.686940/



Seba's Short-tailed Fruit Bat Carollia perspicillata
Probably monotypic, although three subspecies have been named: azteca, perspicillata, tricolor


Photo by @Bonobo at Skansen-Akvariet, Sweden


Seba's Fruit-eating Bat | ZooChat


Photo by @Najade in the wild, Costa Rica


https://www.zoochat.com/community/media/sebas-short-tailed-bat-carollia-perspicillata.687159/



Sowell's Short-tailed Fruit Bat Carollia sowelli
Monotypic


Photo by @Najade in the wild, Costa Rica


https://www.zoochat.com/community/media/sowells-short-tailed-bat-carollia-sowelli.687089/



There are five other species in the genus:

Keith's Short-tailed Fruit Bat Carollia benkeithi
Silky Short-tailed Fruit Bat Carollia brevicauda
Manu Short-tailed Fruit Bat Carollia manu
Hernandez-Comacho's Short-tailed Fruit Bat Carollia monohernandezi
Grey Short-tailed Fruit Bat Carollia subrufa


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Rhinophylla
Three species, none of which are represented in the Zoochat galleries.


Hairy Little Fruit Bat Rhinophylla alethina
Fischer's Little Fruit Bat Rhinophylla fischerae
Dwarf Little Fruit Bat Rhinophylla pumilio

 

Subfamily DESMODONTINAE
Three species in three genera: Desmodus, Diaemus, Diphylla

Two species are represented in the Zoochat galleries, from the genera Desmodus and Diaemus.


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Desmodus
One living species (extinct species are also known)


Common Vampire Bat Desmodus rotundus
Probably monotypic, although three subspecies have been named: dorbignyi, murinus, rotundus


Photo by @alexkant at Staten Island Zoo, USA


Common vampire bat/ Desmodus rotundus | ZooChat


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Diaemus
One species


White-winged Vampire Bat Diaemus youngi
Monotypic


Photo by @Giant Eland at Rosamond Gifford Zoo, USA


2013: Rosamond Gifford Zoo | ZooChat


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Diphylla
One species

Hairy-legged Vampire Bat Diphylla ecaudata
Probably monotypic, although two subspecies have been named: centralis, ecaudata

Not represented in the Zoochat galleries.

 

Subfamily GLOSSOPHAGINAE
About 45 species in fourteen genera: Anoura, Choeroniscus, Choeronycteris, Glossophaga, Hylonycteris, Leptonycteris, Lichonycteris, Lionycteris, Lonchophylla, Monophyllus, Musonycteris, Platalina, Scleronycteris, Xeronycteris


There are eight species in the Zoochat galleries, representing five genera: Anoura, Glossophaga, Hylonycteris, Leptonycteris, Lonchophylla.

 

Anoura
Nine species, of which one is represented in the Zoochat galleries.


Geoffroy's Tailless Bat Anoura geoffroyi
Three subspecies: geoffroyi, lasiopyga, peruana

Note: this is widely regarded as being a species complex, and the three subspecies named above are probably better being split as full species. Only lasiopyga is represented in the Zoochat galleries.


Photo by @Giant Eland at Bat Jungle, Costa Rica (Central American subspecies lasiopyga)


Geoffroy's tailless bat (Anoura geoffroyi) | ZooChat



There are eight other species in the genus:

Equatorial Tailless Bat Anoura aequatoris (split from A. caudifera, may not be valid)
Cadena's Tailless Bat Anoura cadenai (split from A. caudifera, may not be valid)
Colombian Tailless Bat Anoura carishina
Tailed Tailless Bat Anoura caudifera (probably a species complex)
Handley's Tailless Bat Anoura cultrata
Tube-lipped Nectar Bat Anoura fistulata
Broad-toothed Tailless Bat Anoura latidens
Luis Manuel's Tailless Bat Anoura luismanueli

 

Glossophaga
Five species, of which three are represented in the Zoochat galleries



Commissaris' Long-tonged Bat Glossophaga commissarisi
Three subspecies: bakeri, commissarisi, hespera


Photo by @Giant Eland at Bat Jungle, Costa Rica (Central American subspecies commissarisi)


Commissaris's long-tongued bat (Glossophaga commissarisi) | ZooChat



Gray's Long-tongued Bat Glossophaga leachii
Monotypic


Photo by @Najade in the wild, Costa Rica


https://www.zoochat.com/community/media/grays-long-tongued-bat-glossophaga-leachii.687144/



Pallas' Long-tongued Bat Glossophaga soricina
Five subspecies: antillarum, handleyi, mutica, soricina, valens


Photo by @Gil at Tiergarten Schonbrunn, Austria


Pallas' long-tongued bat (Glossophaga soricina) - ZooChat



There are two other species in the genus:

Miller's Long-tongued Bat Glossophaga longirostris
Western Long-tongued Bat Glossophaga morenoi



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Hylonycteris
One species



Underwood's Long-tongued Bat Hylonycteris underwoodi
Two subspecies: minor and underwoodi


Photo by @Najade in the wild, Costa Rica (subspecies underwoodi)


https://www.zoochat.com/community/media/underwoods-long-tongued-bat-hylonycteris-underwoodi.687059/

 

Leptonycteris
Three species, two of which are represented in the Zoochat galleries


Southern Long-nosed Bat Leptonycteris curasoae
Monotypic


Photo by @Giant Eland at Zoo Krefeld, Germany


Southern long-nosed bat (Leptonycteris curasoae) 2010 | ZooChat


Lesser Long-nosed Bat Leptonycteris yerbabuenae
Monotypic


Photo by @Arizona Docent in the wild, USA


lesser long nosed bat - ZooChat



The third species in this genus, not represented here by a photo, is the Greater Long-nosed Bat Leptonycteris nivalis

 

Lonchophylla
About sixteen species, only one of which is represented in the Zoochat galleries.



Orange Nectar Bat Lonchophylla robusta
Monotypic


Photo by @Najade in the wild, Costa Rica


https://www.zoochat.com/community/media/orange-nectar-bat-lonchophylla-robusta.687097/


Photo by @Giant Eland in the wild, Costa Rica


orange nectar bat (Lonchophylla robusta) | ZooChat



The remaining species in this genus are not depicted here:


Bokermann's Nectar Bat Lonchophylla bokermanni
Cadena's Nectar Bat Lonchophylla cadenai
Chocoan Nectar Bat Lonchophylla chocoana
Goldman's Nectar Bat Lonchophylla concava
Dekeyser's Nectar Bat Lonchophylla dekeyseri
Pacific Forest Nectar Bat Lonchophylla fornicata
Handley's Nectar Bat Lonchophylla handleyi
Western Nectar Bat Lonchophylla hesperia
Caatinga Nectar Bat Lonchophylla inexpectata
Brazilian Nectar Bat Lonchophylla mordax
Orcés’ Nectar Bat Lonchophylla orcesi
East Andean Nectar Bat Lonchophylla orienticollina
Patton's Nectar Bat Lonchophylla pattoni
Atlantic Forest Nectar Bat Lonchophylla peracchii
Thomas' Nectar Bat Lonchophylla thomasi

 

None of the remaining genera in the subfamily Glossophaginae are represented in the Zoochat galleries. Most of these remaining genera are monotypic.


Choeroniscus
Three species

Godman's Long-tailed Bat Choeroniscus godmani
Lesser Long-tailed Bat Choeroniscus minor
Greater Long-tailed Bat Choeroniscus periosus


Choeronycteris
One species

Mexican Long-tongued or Hog-nosed Bat Choeronycteris mexicana


Lichonycteris
One species

Dark Long-tongued Bat Lichonycteris obscura


Lionycteris
One species

Chestnut Long-tongued Bat Lionycteris spurrelli


Monophyllus
Two species

Insular Single-leaf Bat Monophyllus plethodon
Leach's Single-leaf Bat Monophyllus redmani


Musonycteris
One species

Banana Bat or Colima Long-nosed Bat Musonycteris harrisoni


Platalina
One species

Long-snouted Bat Platalina genovensium


Scleronycteris
One species

Ega Long-tongued Bat Scleronycteris ega


Xeronycteris
One species

Vieira's Long-tongued Bat Xeronycteris vieirai

 

Subfamily PHYLLONYCTERINAE
Four species in two genera: Erophylla, Phyllonycteris

Two species are represented in the Zoochat galleries, both from the genus Erophylla.



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Erophylla
Two species



Brown Flower Bat Erophylla bombifrons
Two subspecies: bombifrons, santacristobalensis


Photo by @Najade in the wild, Dominican Republic (subspecies santacristobalensis)


https://www.zoochat.com/community/media/brown-flower-bat-erophylla-bombifrons.686654/



Buffy Flower Bat Erophylla sezekorni
Two subspecies: sezekorni, syops


Both the photos below by @Giant Eland in the wild, The Bahamas (subspecies sezekorni)


buffy flower bat (Erophylla sezekorni) | ZooChat


buffy flower bat (Erophylla sezekorni) | ZooChat



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Phyllonycteris
Two species


Jamaican Flower Bat Phyllonycteris aphylla

Cuban Flower Bat Phyllonycteris poeyi

 

Subfamily PHYLLOSTOMINAE
About 45 species in sixteen genera: Chrotopterus, Glyphonycteris, Lampronycteris, Lonchorhina, Lophostoma, Macrophyllum, Macrotus, Micronycteris, Mimon, Neonycteris, Phylloderma, Phyllostomus, Tonatia, Trachops, Trinycteris, Vampyrum

There are twelve species in the Zoochat galleries (with one species depicted only as a museum specimen), representing nine genera: Chrotopterus, Glyphonycteris, Lonchorhina, Lophostoma, Macrotus, Micronycteris, Phyllostomus, Tonatia, Trachops.

 

Chrotopterus
One species



Woolly False Vampire Bat or Big-eared Woolly Bat Chrotopterus auritus
Probably monotypic, although three subspecies have been named: auritus, australis, guianae


Photo by @LaughingDove at the London Natural History Museum, UK (taxidermy specimen)


Lesser Vampire Bat - NHM London | ZooChat



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Glyphonycteris
Three species, one of which is represented in the Zoochat galleries.



Tricoloured Big-eared Bat Glyphonycteris sylvestris
Monotypic


Photo by @Najade in the wild, Costa Rica


https://www.zoochat.com/community/media/tricolored-bat-glyphonycteris-sylvestris.687147/



The other two species in the genus are as follows:

Behn's Big-eared Bat Glyphonycteris behnii
Davies' Big-eared Bat Glyphonycteris daviesi


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Lonchorhina
Five species, one of which is represented in the Zoochat galleries.



Tomes' Sword-nosed Bat Lonchorhina aurita
Generally now regarded as being monotypic, although occidentalis has been separated.


Both photos below by @Najade in the wild, Costa Rica


https://www.zoochat.com/community/media/common-sword-nosed-bat-lonchorhina-aurita.687153/


https://www.zoochat.com/community/media/common-sword-nosed-bat-lonchorhina-aurita.687152/



The other species in the genus are as follows:

Fernandez's Sword-nosed Bat Lonchorhina fernandezi
Northern Sword-nosed Bat Lonchorhina inusitata
Marinkelle's Sword-nosed Bat Lonchorhina marinkellei
Orinoco Sword-nosed Bat Lonchorhina orinocensis



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Lophostoma
Six species, one of which is represented in the Zoochat galleries.



Pigmy Round-eared Bat Lophostoma brasiliense
Regarded as monotypic, although it is probably a species-complex.


Photo by @Giant Eland in the wild, Costa Rica


pygmy round-eared bat (Lophostoma brasiliense) - ZooChat



The other species in the genus are as follows:

Carriker's Round-eared Bat Lophostoma carrikeri
Davis' Round-eared Bat Lophostoma evotis
Western Round-eared Bat Lophostoma occidentalis
Schultz's Round-eared Bat Lophostoma schulzi
White-throated Round-eared Bat Lophostoma silvicolum

The Yasuni Round-eared Bat Lophostoma yasuni is known from only one specimen and is treated as a synonym of Lophostoma carrikeri by the IUCN.

 

Macrotus
Two species



Waterhouse's Leaf-nosed Bat Macrotus waterhousii
Two subspecies: minor, waterhousii


Photo by @Giant Eland in the wild, Dominican Republic (subspecies waterhousii)


Waterhouse's leaf-nosed bat (Macrotus waterhousii) - ZooChat


Photo by @Najade in the wild, Dominican Republic (subspecies waterhousii)


https://www.zoochat.com/community/media/waterhouses-leaf-nosed-bat-macrotus-waterhousii.686623/



The second species in the genus, not depicted here, is the California Leaf-nosed Bat Macrotus californicus



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Micronycteris
About ten species, three of which are represented in the Zoochat galleries.



Common Big-eared Bat Micronycteris microtis
Two subspecies: mexicana, microtis


Photo by @Giant Eland in the wild, Costa Rica (subspecies microtis)


common big-eared bat (Micronycteris microtis) - ZooChat



Schmidts' Big-eared Bat Micronycteris schmidtorum
Monotypic


Both photos below by @Najade in the wild, Costa Rica


https://www.zoochat.com/community/media/schmidts-big-eared-bat-micronycteris-schmidtorum.687151/



https://www.zoochat.com/community/media/schmidts-big-eared-bat-micronycteris-schmidtorum.687150/



Northern Big-eared Bat Micronycteris tresamici
Monotypic. Described in 2020.


Photo by @Najade in the wild, Costa Rica


https://www.zoochat.com/community/media/northern-big-eared-bat-micronycteris-tresamici.686932/



The other species in the genus are as follows:

Brosset's Big-eared Bat Micronycteris brosseti
Saint Vincent Big-eared Bat Micronycteris buriri
Giovanni's Big-eared Bat Micronycteris giovanniae
Hairy Big-eared Bat Micronycteris hirsuta
Pirlot's Big-eared Bat Micronycteris homezi (treated as a synonym of Micronycteris minuta by the IUCN)
Matses' Big-eared Bat Micronycteris matses
Little Big-eared Bat Micronycteris megalotis
White-bellied Big-eared Bat Micronycteris minuta
Sanborn's Big-eared Bat Micronycteris sanborni

 

Phyllostomus
Four species, of which two are represented in the Zoochat galleries.



Pale Spear-nosed Bat Phyllostomus discolor
Two subspecies: discolor, verrucosus


Photo by @Tomek at Poznan Zoo, Poland


Lesser Spear-nosed Bats (Phyllostomus discolor) | ZooChat



Greater Spear-nosed Bat Phyllostomus hastatus
Two subspecies: hastatus, panamensis


Photo by @Najade in the wild, Costa Rica (subspecies panamensis)


https://www.zoochat.com/community/media/greater-spear-nosed-bat-phyllostomus-hastatus.687099/



The other two species in this genus are:

Lesser Spear-nosed Bat Phyllostomus elongatus

Guianan Spear-nosed Bat Phyllostomus latifolius

 

Tonatia
Two to four species


Greater Round-eared Bat Tonatia bidens
Monotypic


Photo by @Najade in the wild, Paraguay


Greater Round-eared Bat (Tonatia bidens) - ZooChat


The other species in the genus is the Stripe-headed Round-eared Bat Tonatia saurophila, of which the subspecies bakeri and maresi may be recognised as full species. T. saurophila itself was formerly included within T. bidens.


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Trachops
One species



Fringe-lipped or Frog-eating Bat Trachops cirrhosus
Three subspecies: cirrhosus, coffini, ehrhardti


Photo by @devilfish in the wild, Peru (subspecies cirrhosus)


Fringe-lipped bat, Peruvian Amazon, May 2016 | ZooChat

 

None of the remaining genera in the subfamily Phyllostominae are represented in the Zoochat galleries.



Lampronycteris
One species

Yellow-throated Big-eared Bat or Orange-throated Bat Lampronycteris brachyotis


Macrophyllum
One species

Long-legged Bat Macrophyllum macrophyllum


Mimon
Four species

Southern Golden Bat Mimon bennettii
Cozumelan Golden Bat Mimon cozumelae
Striped Hairy-nosed Bat Mimon crenulatum
Koepcke's Hairy-nosed Bat Mimon koepckeae


Neonycteris
One species

Least Big-eared Bat Neonycteris pusilla


Phylloderma
One species

Pale-faced Bat Phylloderma stenops


Trinycteris
One species

Niceforo's Big-eared Bat Trinycteris nicefori


Vampyrum
One species

Spectral Bat Vampyrum spectrum

 

Subfamily STENODERMATINAE
About 100 species in nineteen genera: Ametrida, Ardops, Ariteus, Artibeus, Centurio, Chiroderma, Ectophylla, Enchisthenes, Mesophylla, Phyllops, Platyrrhinus, Pygoderma, Sphaeronycteris, Stenoderma, Sturnira, Uroderma, Vampyressa, Vampyriscus, Vampyrodes


There are only sixteen species in the Zoochat galleries, representing ten genera: Artibeus, Chiroderma, Ectophylla, Mesophylla, Platyrrhinus, Sturnira, Uroderma, Vampyressa, Vampyriscus, Vampyrodes.

 

Artibeus
At least 23 species, of which only five or six are represented in the Zoochat galleries. The subgenus Dermanura may be separated as a full genus by some authors.



Jamaican Fruit Bat Artibeus jamaicensis
Currently about six subspecies are recognised: jamaicensis, parvipes, paulus, richardsoni, triomylus, yucatanicus. Other former subspecies have been split as full species. The subspecies fallax, grenadensis, hercules and trinitatis are now placed in the species Artibeus planirostris.


Photo by @Giant Eland in the wild, Dominican Republic (subspecies jamaicensis)


Jamaican fruit bat (Artibeus jamaicensis) - ZooChat


Photo by @Giant Eland at Bat Jungle, Costa Rica (two subspecies are found in Costa Rica, paulus and richardsoni)


Jamaican, common or Mexican fruit bat (Artibeus jamaicensis) | ZooChat



Honduran Fruit-eating Bat Artibeus inopinatus
Monotypic


Photo by @Najade in the wild, Costa Rica


https://www.zoochat.com/community/media/honduran-fruit-eating-bat-artibeus-inopinatus.687162/



Intermediate / Great Fruit-eating Bat Artibeus intermedius / Artibeus lituratus
There is a lot of confusion in the literature about these taxa, whether it is a single species or two separate species. I have just lumped them together here because there seems to be little consensus on the matter.


Photo by @Najade in the wild, Costa Rica (identified as A. intermedius)


https://www.zoochat.com/community/media/intermediate-fruit-eating-bat-artibeus-intermedius.687141/


Photo by @Najade in the wild, Costa Rica (identified as A. lituratus)


https://www.zoochat.com/community/media/greater-fruit-eating-bat-artibeus-lituratus.687042/


Photo by @Giant Eland at Bat Jungle, Costa Rica (identified as A. lituratus)


great fruit-eating bat (Artibeus lituratus) | ZooChat



Toltec Fruit Bat Artibeus [Dermanura] toltecus
Probably only two subspecies: hesperus, toltecus.


Photo by @Maguari at Bat Jungle, Costa Rica (subspecies toltecus)


Toltec Fruit Bats at the Bat Jungle, 21/04/14 | ZooChat


Photo by @Najade in the wild, Costa Rica (subspecies toltecus)


https://www.zoochat.com/community/media/toltec-fruit-eating-bat-dermanura-tolteca.687090/



Thomas' Fruit-eating Bat Artibeus [Dermanura] watsoni
Monotypic as per Mammals of South America


Photo by @Najade in the wild, Costa Rica


https://www.zoochat.com/community/media/thomas-fruit-eating-bat-dermanura-watsoni.686930/


Photo by @Giant Eland in the wild, Costa Rica


Watson's fruit-eating bat (Dermanura watsoni) - ZooChat



There are about twenty other species in the genus (divided below into two sections, the latter being the subgenus Dermanura):

Equatorial Fruit-eating Bat Artibeus aequatorialis (formerly a subspecies of A. jamaicensis)
Large Fruit-eating Bat Artibeus amplus
Brown Fruit-eating Bat Artibeus concolor
Fringed Fruit-eating Bat Artibeus fimbriatus
Fraternal Fruit-eating Bat Artibeus fraterculus
Hairy Fruit-eating Bat Artibeus hirsutus
Dark Fruit-eating Bat Artibeus obscurus (formerly a subspecies of A. jamaicensis)
Flat-faced Fruit-eating Bat Artibeus planirostris (formerly a subspecies of A. jamaicensis)
Schwartz's Fruit-eating Bat Artibeus schwartzi (formerly a subspecies of A. jamaicensis)

The species in the subgenus Dermanura which may be split as a full genus:

Andersen's Fruit-eating Bat Artibeus anderseni
Aztec Fruit-eating Bat Artibeus aztecus
Bogota Fruit-eating Bat Artibeus bogotensis
Gervais' Fruit-eating Bat Artibeus cinereus
Silver Fruit-eating Bat Artibeus glaucus
Gnome Fruit-eating Bat Artibeus gnomus
Solitary Fruit-eating Bat Artibeus incomitatus
Pigmy Fruit-eating Bat Artibeus phaeotis
Rosenberg's Fruit-eating Bat Artibeus rosenbergi

 

Chiroderma
Six species, one of which is represented in the Zoochat galleries.



Hairy Big-eyed Bat Chiroderma villosum
Two subspecies: jesupi, villosum


Photo by @Najade in the wild, Costa Rica (subspecies jesupi)


https://www.zoochat.com/community/media/hairy-big-eyed-bat-chiroderma-villosum.686941/



The other species in the genus are as follows:

Brazilian Big-eyed Bat Chiroderma doriae
Guadeloupe Big-eyed Bat Chiroderma improvisum
Salvin's Big-eyed Bat Chiroderma salvini
Little Big-eyed Bat Chiroderma trinitatum
Piaui Big-eyed Bat Chiroderma vizzotoi



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Ectophylla
One species



Honduran White Bat Ectophylla alba
Monotypic


Photo by @Azamat Shackleford in the wild, Costa Rica


https://www.zoochat.com/community/media/may-2022-honduran-white-bats.645647/